Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) Tenders & Contract Awards
What Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) buys, who wins its contracts, and how suppliers get seen
Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) has nothing open for bidding today. Its last notice closed on 19 October 2026. 7 tender notices have come from this buyer since monitoring began.
Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) has awarded 44 contracts totalling €3.7M between 2014 and 2025. Top supplier by disclosed value is THENTIA UK LIMITED (1 award).
Its three largest suppliers hold 43% of the disclosed value. 5 companies have won here in more than one year. 8 of the 43 awards with a published bid count drew a single bidder.
Public buyers rarely change supplier mid-contract. The opening is usually a new requirement, not a switch.
Follow the companies already winning Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) contracts
0
Open now
7
Tender notices tracked
44
Contract awards
€3.7M
Disclosed value
€194k
Average per award
41
With named winner
Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU)
| Contracting Authority | Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) · Active Irish public buyer |
| Top Incumbent Winners | THENTIA UK LIMITED · The4OC Ltd |
| Extended Panel (#3+) | Servisource Recruitment · Beauchamps LLP · Ernst and Young |
| CRO & Spend Radar | CRO B1/B10/C1 status, supplier concentration share, and >EUR 20k purchase-order spend |
Sign in to unlock
Get 3 free lookups a month and a copy sent to your inbox.
Need Three Written Quotes in Professional Services?
Post a free project brief (€5k to €50k+) and immediately match with the top 5 proven public contract winners on eTenders. Generates a timestamped Three-Quote Compliance Audit PDF for Enterprise Ireland, LEO, SEAI, and Circular 05/2023 audit trails.
No open tenders from Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) right now
Last tender closed on 19 October 2026. New notices publish daily. Set up an alert below or check back tomorrow.
Related sectors with live tenders
Recently closed
Most recent 6 of 7Provision of Managed Business Process Support Services for CORU
Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU)
Provision of Managed ICT Services for CORU
Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU)
Provision of a Test of Professional Competence for Physiotherapists for CORU
Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU)
Provision of a Test of Professional Competence for Radiographers for CORU
Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU)
Provision of a Test of Professional Competence for Optometrists for CORU
Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU)
Provision of a Test of Professional Competence for Radiation Therapists for CORU
Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU)
Closed notices are retained as a signal of what this authority actually procures. Deadlines have passed, do not bid.
Most recent awards: 2025
Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) has 7 published contract awards in 2025 tracked on Tenderwatch, worth €1.2M across the 7 awards with published values.
Top winners in 2025
- The4OC Ltd1 award
- Beauchamps LLP1 award
- Crowe1 award
- Carol Langford Consulting Ltd t/a Carbon Reduction Ireland1 award
- Ernst and Young1 award
Top suppliers awarded
- 1.THENTIA UK LIMITED1 · €720k
- 2.The4OC Ltd1 · €550k
- 3.Servisource Recruitment2 · €420k
- 4.Beauchamps LLP1 · €350k
- 5.Ernst and Young2 · €265k
- 6.Talbot Pierce Consulting Limited1 · €200k
- 7.Arkphire Ireland1 · €200k
- 8.Julie Byrne2 · €180k
- 9.Osborne Recruitment1 · €180k
- 10.Carrig Infrastructure Solutions1 · €70k
Sign in free above to unblur all 10 top suppliers & contract values ->
Year-by-year
| Year | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | - |
| 2016 | 1 | €200k |
| 2017 | 1 | - |
| 2018 | 5 | - |
| 2019 | 6 | €460k |
| 2020 | 3 | - |
| 2021 | 4 | - |
| 2022 | 11 | €1.4M |
| 2023 | 3 | €325k |
| 2024 | 1 | €200k |
| 2025 | 7 | €1.2M |
How Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) Evaluates Tenders (Price vs Quality Scorecard)
Across 19 graded eTenders notices, Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) evaluates 94.7% of competitions on Price & Quality (MEAT) and 5.3% on Lowest Price Only.
Primary Regime
94.7% MEAT
18 MEAT · 1 Price Only
Typical Weighting Split
30% Price / 70% Quality
OGP Professional Services MEAT benchmark
Typical Contract Term
36 months
Median across 40 contracts (avg 33.6m)
Contracts Expiring in the Next 6 Months (180-Day Re-Tender Window)
View all 457 expiring Irish contracts ->2 active Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) contracts over EUR 100,000 have an estimated end date within the next 180 days based on published OGP award terms.
| Contract & Incumbent | Value | Term | Est. End |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORU Policy research and strategic Project Management services Incumbent: Ernst and Young, Forvis Mazars | €140k | 36m | 15 February 2027 |
| CORU Fitness to Practise FTP Training services | €120k | 36m | 15 February 2027 |
By value band
- Under €25k1 · €20k
- €50k-€144k7 · €420k
- €144k-€360k10 · €2.0M
- €360k-€1M2 · €1.3M
Competition intensity
- Awards with bid data
- 43
- Sole bidder (no competition)
- 8
- Most contested award
- Policy, Research and Strategic Project Management Services
- 16 bids received
Least contested above 1 bid: Aptitude Testing and Assessment of Professional Competancy (2 bids)
By procedure
- Open Procedure: 44
Supplier intelligence
Top-3 suppliers account for 43.1% of €3.9M total disclosed value, a market-concentration signal.
| Supplier | Share | CRO status | Other bodies (join 4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THENTIA UK LIMITED | 18.3% | - | - |
| The4OC Ltd | 14% | Normal | also won €35k across 4 other Irish bodies → |
| Servisource Recruitment | 10.7% | Normal | also won €4.4M across 16 other Irish bodies → |
| Beauchamps LLP | 8.9% | Dissolved | also won €60.1M across 12 other Irish bodies → |
| Ernst and Young | 6.8% | - | also won €734.5M across 50 other Irish bodies → |
Repeat winners
Suppliers awarded contracts by Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) in two or more separate years, from published award notices.
| Supplier | Awards | Active years |
|---|---|---|
| University College Dublin | 3 | 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Ernst and Young | 2 | 2023, 2025 |
| Julie Byrne | 2 | 2019, 2022 |
| Servisource Recruitment | 2 | 2016, 2019 |
| XpertDPO | 2 | 2022, 2025 |
Buyer Competition & Concentration Scorecard (Framework-Deduplicated)
Computed from 44 published OGP contract awards (CC-BY 4.0), deduplicating multi-lot framework ceiling repeats.
Single-Bidder Award Rate
18.6%
8 of 43 bid-disclosed awards received 1 tender
Top Supplier Spend Share
20.6%
Top 3 suppliers: 48.4% across 15 winners
Winner Concentration (HHI)
1,128
0 to 10,000 scale on deduplicated spend (<1,500 unconcentrated)
Export 44 awarded contracts (CSV & JSON)
TenderWatch ProAward history (44 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 December 2025 | CORU IT Procurement and Project Delivery Support Services | The4OC Ltd | 7 | Open Procedure | €550k |
| 12 November 2025 | CORU - Legal Services to Support Appeals Management | Beauchamps LLP | 1 | Open Procedure | €350k |
| 10 November 2025 | CORU Review of Regulatory Appeals Process and Procedures | Crowe | 6 | Open Procedure | €50k |
| 24 July 2025 | CORU Services to develop a Climate Action Plan | Carol Langford Consulting Ltd t/a Carbon Reduction Ireland | 12 | Open Procedure | €50k |
| 24 July 2025 | CORU RFT for Review of Council Requirements | Ernst and Young | 2 | Open Procedure | €50k |
| 24 July 2025 | CORU RFT for Review of Corporate Code of Governance | Governance Ireland | 5 | Open Procedure | €50k |
| 13 March 2025 | CORU Data Protection Officer (DPO) services | XpertDPO | 12 | Open Procedure | €60k |
| 4 October 2024 | CORU HR management and operational services | Talbot Pierce Consulting Limited | 1 | Open Procedure | €200k |
| 6 December 2023 | CORU Fitness to Practise FTP Training services | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | €90k |
| 10 November 2023 | CORU Policy research and strategic Project Management services | Ernst and Young | 9 | Open Procedure | €215k |
| 28 August 2023 | CORU Courier Services | Pony Express | 1 | Open Procedure | €20k |
| 21 November 2022 | Printing and mailing of 30,000 annual renewal letters to registrants | Paragon Customer Communications Ireland Ltd. | 8 | Open Procedure | - |
| 19 October 2022 | CORU RFT for ICT Managed Services | Arkphire Ireland | 4 | Open Procedure | €200k |
| 3 August 2022 | 2022 CORU Registration Management System (1) | THENTIA UK LIMITED | 4 | Open Procedure | €720k |
| 3 August 2022 | CORU Education Assessor Services (1) | Julie Byrne | 2 | Open Procedure | €180k |
| 4 July 2022 | SAN storage solution | EVAD Technology Group Limited | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 19 May 2022 | CORU Board Management system | Decision Time Ltd | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 5 April 2022 | Data Protection Officer Services | XpertDPO | 11 | Open Procedure | - |
| 16 March 2022 | Consultancy Services to develop a Workforce Plan | Grant Thornton | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 13 March 2022 | CORU - Supply services of office personnel | Osborne Recruitment | 3 | Open Procedure | €180k |
| 23 February 2022 | CORU request for ICT Project Management Services | Carrig Infrastructure Solutions | 2 | Open Procedure | €70k |
| 16 February 2022 | Office Cleaning Services | Allpro Security Services Ireland Ltd T/A Allpro Services | 8 | Open Procedure | - |
| 24 November 2021 | Registration System Specification Services | Open Sky Data Systems | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 3 November 2021 | CORU Procurement Support Services | Kevin Gleeson | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 30 June 2021 | Management Development services | Flow Group | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 3 February 2021 | Policy, Research and Strategic Project Management Services | Alpha Healthcare Ltd | 16 | Open Procedure | - |
| 1 May 2020 | Provision of Dietitian Aptitude Tests | University College Dublin | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 1 May 2020 | Provision of Radiation Therapist Aptitude Tests | Trinity College Dublin | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 21 January 2020 | Audio Visual Presentation equipment and Conferencing solution | Premier AV Limited | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 30 August 2019 | Fitness to Practise training services | La Touche Training | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 17 August 2019 | Temporary agency staff for general business process support | Servisource Recruitment | 11 | Open Procedure | €220k |
| 1 August 2019 | An Education Quality Assurance Advisor is required for the provision of advisory services to ensure consistency in the process as applied and to advise on procedural issues and matters arising. | Julie Byrne | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 3 April 2019 | Printing and posting of Code of Ethics booklets | Sooner than Later Solutions Limited | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 29 March 2019 | Aptitude Testing and Assessment of Professional Competancy | University College Dublin | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 13 January 2019 | CORU Accountancy services | undisclosed | - | Open Procedure | €240k |
| 22 September 2018 | Single Provider Framework Agreement for the Provision of ICT Managed Services | IPOptions Limited | 4 | Open Procedure | €230k |
| 29 June 2018 | 2018 CORU Physiotherapist Aptitude Tests and Assessments of Professional Competence Services | University College Dublin | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 22 June 2018 | PR and Corporate Communication Services | MKC Communications | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 1 March 2018 | 201802 Office Cleaning Services for CORU | Five Star Facility Services | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 1 March 2018 | 201803 Catering services for office meetings | obriens sandwich bars | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 14 December 2017 | Provision of Internal Audit Services | Pinnacle Consulting | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 29 June 2016 | Insourced Business Process Services for registration, recognition, education and renewals processes | Servisource Recruitment | 4 | Open Procedure | €200k |
| 23 December 2014 | Multi-Operator 3-Year Framework Agreement for the Provision of Change, Process and Project Management and Coaching Services | undisclosed | 15 | Open Procedure | - |
| 7 February 2014 | Preparation of an ICT Strategy and supporting templates | Clarion Consulting Limited | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
Open-market vs limited-competition mix · average bids · SME-access ratio
Procurement Intelligence
The Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) is Ireland’s statutory regulator for designated health and social care professions, responsible for registration, setting standards, and fitness to practise processes for multiple professional groups.[4][8][11] It operates as a relatively small but specialised public body headquartered in Dublin, with activity focused on regulatory operations, examinations, and governance support.[2][3][9][15] Procurement is predominantly in **professional services**, including examination design and delivery, workforce and organisational consultancy, and procurement advisory, as well as **health-related assessment services** provided mainly by higher education and clinical providers.[10][13][15] CORU also buys **IT and software services** (e.g. meeting software, registrant management systems) and routine corporate services such as post and courier, aligning with its role as a central regulatory office rather than a frontline health service provider.[3][5][14]
Strategic Context
Recent tenders show CORU investing in strategic capabilities, including the development of a **strategic workforce plan** and procurement/project delivery support to implement a new **Registrant Management System** targeted for completion over a 24‑month period starting in Q2 2026.[5][10] The 2023 Annual Report and Financial Statements indicate ongoing spend on upgrading internal systems and digital infrastructure, supporting a medium‑term shift toward more technology‑enabled regulation and examination processes.[4][11] Multiple current and recent competitions for tests of professional competence and aptitude assessments suggest sustained or expanding activity in registration and competency evaluation programmes, which will continue to drive demand for specialist education and assessment services.[9][13][15]
Typical Suppliers
- Irish higher education institutions and specialist training providers delivering aptitude testing, professional competence examinations and tailored assessment services for specific health professions.[9][13][15]
- Consultancy firms specialising in **procurement support, project management and organisational/workforce planning**, such as providers of procurement consultancy for the Registrant Management System and strategic workforce plan assignments.[5][10][12]
- Software and IT service providers offering **meeting software, registrant management solutions, and related programming/consultancy services** procured via open procedures on eTenders.[5][14]
- Health and social care service and assessment providers capable of designing and administering tests of professional competence (e.g. optometry and physiotherapy competence assessments) aligned with CORU’s regulatory standards.[9][13]
- Corporate service providers for logistics (post and courier services) and other back‑office supports needed by a Dublin‑based regulatory authority.[3]
Supplier Tips
- Align proposals tightly with CORU’s regulatory mission: demonstrate detailed understanding of professional registration, competency assessment and public protection, and reference how your solution supports their standards, fitness to practise processes, and workforce planning objectives.[4][8][10][13]
- Monitor eTenders and specialist tender-alert services for CORU competitions and be prepared for open procedures with clear technical specifications; structure submissions to address evaluation criteria around quality, regulatory compliance, and capacity to deliver multi‑year programmes (e.g. examinations or system implementation over several years).[5][9][10][13][14]
- For professional and IT services, emphasise proven experience with public‑sector regulators or professional bodies, robust data protection and examination security, and the ability to collaborate with CORU’s Executive on complex projects such as the Registrant Management System and strategic workforce planning, including strong governance and reporting arrangements.[4][5][10][11][15]
Sign in free above to unblur typical suppliers & buyer-specific bid tips ->
Updated 6 September 2026
Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) market guides
How Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) buys, broken down by sector: award patterns, top suppliers, and bid-readiness steps.
Other major buyers
The most recent Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) tenders subscribers were alerted to:
Last updated 10 November 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2014-02-07. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.