Health Insurance Authority - contract awards
Who wins Health Insurance Authority contracts, and how hard it is to break in
Health Insurance Authority has awarded 21 contracts totalling €6.4M between 2013 and 2026. Top supplier by disclosed value is Happy Marketing and Media Ltd T/A Buymedia (1 award).
Its three largest suppliers hold 80% of the disclosed value. 2 companies have won here in more than one year. 1 of the 18 awards with a published bid count drew a single bidder.
Concentration like this is where a newcomer reads its odds. Thin fields and single-bidder contracts are the openings.
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21
Awards
€6.4M
Disclosed value
€796k
Average per award
19
With named winner
Top suppliers awarded
- 1.Happy Marketing and Media Ltd T/A Buymedia1 · €3.6M
- 2.Tramway Investment Holdings Limited T/A BBDO Dublin1 · €900k
- 3.KPMG2 · €570k
- 4.Communicraft Limited2 · €420k
- 5.Marino Software1 · €300k
- 6.Sycamore ICT Consulting1 · €180k
- 7.Indecon International Economic and Strategic Consultants1 · Not disclosed
- 8.Copenhagen Economics1 · Not disclosed
- 9.Open Sky Data Systems1 · Not disclosed
- 10.Annertech1 · Not disclosed
Year-by-year
| Year | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | - |
| 2014 | 1 | - |
| 2015 | 2 | €400k |
| 2016 | 4 | €900k |
| 2017 | 1 | - |
| 2018 | 1 | €170k |
| 2019 | 1 | - |
| 2020 | 1 | - |
| 2022 | 2 | - |
| 2024 | 3 | €4.3M |
| 2025 | 1 | €180k |
| 2026 | 3 | €400k |
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By value band
- €144k-€360k3 · €650k
- €360k-€1M4 · €2.1M
- €1M-€5M1 · €3.6M
Competition intensity
- Awards with bid data
- 18
- Sole bidder (no competition)
- 1
- Most contested award
- Website hosting, maintenance and technical support and design and development
- 12 bids received
Least contested above 1 bid: Tender Request to Carry Out Research on the Health Insurance Market and do a Report on the Research for the Health Insurance Authority. (2 bids)
By procedure
- Direct Invite – Mini-Competition: 1
- Open Procedure: 18
Supplier intelligence
Top-3 suppliers account for 79.6% of €6.4M total disclosed value — a market-concentration signal.
Repeat winners
Suppliers awarded contracts by Health Insurance Authority in two or more separate years, from published award notices.
| Supplier | Awards | Active years |
|---|---|---|
| Communicraft Limited | 2 | 2024, 2026 |
| KPMG | 2 | 2015, 2018 |
Award history (21 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 June 2026 | Mini-Competition under Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Business, Management and ICT Consultancy Services RFT 206674 - PAS122F | Indecon International Economic and Strategic Consultants | — | Direct Invite – Mini-Competition | - |
| 4 May 2026 | CFT for the Re-development of the HIA's Health Insurance Product Comparison Tool. | Communicraft Limited | — | - | |
| 9 March 2026 | CfT for the Provision of Ongoing Development of the Health Insurance Authority's Product Comparison Tool | undisclosed | — | €400k | |
| 10 October 2025 | Request for Tenders for the Provision of IT Consultancy Support to manage the Health Insurance Authority’s Health Insurance Product Comparison Tool | Sycamore ICT Consulting | 4 | Open Procedure | €180k |
| 9 July 2024 | Request for Tenders for the Provision of Media Strategy, Planning and Buying Services | Happy Marketing and Media Ltd T/A Buymedia | 2 | Open Procedure | €3.6M |
| 5 February 2024 | Request for Tenders for the provision of the Redevelopment of the Health Insurance Authority’s Health Insurance Product Comparison Tool | Communicraft Limited | 3 | Open Procedure | €420k |
| 14 January 2024 | Website hosting, maintenance and technical support and design and development | Marino Software | 12 | Open Procedure | €300k |
| 8 April 2022 | Provision of Economic Services to the Health Insurance Authority | Copenhagen Economics | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 15 February 2022 | Tender for Database Development | Open Sky Data Systems | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 25 November 2020 | WEBSITE HOSTING AND SUPPORT SERVICES | Annertech | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 1 October 2019 | Project Management and Design Services for the Fit-out of the HIA's new office in Beaux Lane | Currie and Brown (Ireland) Ltd | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 10 April 2018 | Tender for the Provision of Financial and Economic Services to the Health Insurance Authority | KPMG | 2 | Open Procedure | €170k |
| 3 April 2017 | Provision of Research Services on the health insurance market and to provide a report on the research to the Health Insurance Authority | Millward Brown | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 29 September 2016 | The Provision of Accountancy Services to the Health Insurance Authority | Forvis Mazars | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 15 September 2016 | Request for Tenders for the provision of Website Hosting, Support and Development Services to the Health Insurance Authority | Dept Digital Ltd | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 29 June 2016 | Request of Tenders for the Provision of Creative and Media Purchasing Services to the Health Insurance Authority in respect of consumer information advertising campaigns | Tramway Investment Holdings Limited T/A BBDO Dublin | 6 | Open Procedure | €900k |
| 16 June 2016 | The Provision of Communication Services to The Health Insurance Authority, in respect of the provision of information to consumers and other communication services | FTI Consulting | 7 | Open Procedure | - |
| 2 October 2015 | Provision of Actuarial Services | KPMG | 3 | Open Procedure | €400k |
| 29 September 2015 | Provision fo Legal services | Mason Hayes and Curran LLP | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 12 September 2014 | Request for Tenders for the Provision of Help Desk and Customer Support Services | Abtran | 6 | Open Procedure | - |
| 18 June 2013 | Tender Request to Carry Out Research on the Health Insurance Market and do a Report on the Research for the Health Insurance Authority. | undisclosed | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
Last updated 15 September 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2013-06-18. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.
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