The Health Research Board Tenders & Contract Awards
What The Health Research Board buys, who wins its contracts, and how suppliers get seen
The Health Research Board has nothing open for bidding today. Its last notice closed on 5 October 2026. 5 tender notices have come from this buyer since monitoring began.
The Health Research Board has awarded 103 contracts totalling €23.4M between 2013 and 2026. Top supplier by disclosed value is Smartsimple Software Ireland Limited (1 award).
Its three largest suppliers hold 44% of the disclosed value. 16 companies have won here in more than one year. 30 of the 101 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.
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Tender notices tracked
103
Contract awards
€23.4M
Disclosed value
€708k
Average per award
91
With named winner
The Health Research Board
| Contracting Authority | The Health Research Board · Active Irish public buyer |
| Top Incumbent Winners | Eden Recruitment Ltd. · Smartsimple Software Ireland Limited |
| Extended Panel (#3+) | Open Sky Data Systems · Conference Partners Ltd. · Savenet Solutions |
| CRO & Spend Radar | CRO B1/B10/C1 status, supplier concentration share, and >EUR 20k purchase-order spend |
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Awarded in 2026
The Health Research Board has 4 published contract awards in 2026 tracked on Tenderwatch, worth €5.5M across the 4 awards with published values.
Top winners in 2026
- Clarion Consulting Limited2 awards
- BAM FM Ireland Ltd1 award
Top suppliers awarded
- 1.Smartsimple Software Ireland Limited1 · €4.0M
- 2.Open Sky Data Systems1 · €4.0M
- 3.Conference Partners Ltd.3 · €1.4M
- 4.Savenet Solutions1 · €800k
- 5.Informa UK Ltd1 · €700k
- 6.BDO3 · €600k
- 7.Ipsos MRBI / MRBI Market Research Ltd2 · €575k
- 8.F1000 Research Ltd1 · €550k
- 9.Clarion Consulting Limited3 · €548k
- 10.School of Nursing and Midwifery1 · €488k
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Year-by-year
| Year | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 10 | - |
| 2014 | 6 | - |
| 2015 | 5 | €488k |
| 2016 | 2 | - |
| 2017 | 2 | - |
| 2018 | 6 | €575k |
| 2019 | 9 | - |
| 2020 | 14 | €4.2M |
| 2021 | 9 | €750k |
| 2022 | 14 | €1.2M |
| 2023 | 11 | €3.2M |
| 2024 | 5 | €1.5M |
| 2025 | 6 | €6.0M |
| 2026 | 4 | €5.5M |
How The Health Research Board Evaluates Tenders (Price vs Quality Scorecard)
Across 30 graded eTenders notices, The Health Research Board evaluates 100% of competitions on Price & Quality (MEAT) and 0% on Lowest Price Only.
Primary Regime
100% MEAT
30 MEAT · 0 Price Only
Typical Weighting Split
30% Price / 70% Quality
OGP Professional Services MEAT benchmark
Typical Contract Term
48 months
Median across 50 contracts (avg 54.6m)
Contracts Expiring in the Next 6 Months (180-Day Re-Tender Window)
View all 457 expiring Irish contracts ->2 active The Health Research Board 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRB 2021 A single supplier framework agreement for temporary scientific and support staff (Agency Workers) under a four-year agreement to the HRB Incumbent: Eden Recruitment Ltd. | €4.0M | 48m | 12 April 2027 |
| Hrb 2022 Design & Print Incumbent: Allen Creative | €320k | 48m | 12 April 2027 |
By value band
- €25k-€50k2 · €35k
- €50k-€144k5 · €485k
- €144k-€360k14 · €2.6M
- €360k-€1M16 · €7.2M
- €1M-€5M3 · €8.0M
- Over €5M1 · €5.0M
Competition intensity
- Awards with bid data
- 101
- Sole bidder (no competition)
- 30
- Most contested award
- HR Generalist (Agency worker) for 6 month contract
- 17 bids received
Least contested above 1 bid: A single-operator Framework Agreement for twenty-four months for a Scientific Writing contract for the Health Research Board (2 bids)
By procedure
- Open Procedure: 91
- Competitive Procedure With Negotiation: 4
- Restricted Procedure: 6
Supplier intelligence
Top-3 suppliers account for 43.8% of €29.9M total disclosed value, a market-concentration signal.
| Supplier | Share | CRO status | Other bodies (join 4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Recruitment Ltd. | 17.1% | Normal | also won Not disclosed across 1 other Irish body → |
| Smartsimple Software Ireland Limited | 13.4% | - | also won €4.1M across 5 other Irish bodies → |
| Open Sky Data Systems | 13.4% | Normal | also won €30.8M across 15 other Irish bodies → |
| Conference Partners Ltd. | 5.5% | Normal | also won €1.6M across 5 other Irish bodies → |
| Savenet Solutions | 2.7% | Normal | also won €200k across 1 other Irish body → |
Repeat winners
Suppliers awarded contracts by The Health Research Board in two or more separate years, from published award notices.
| Supplier | Awards | Active years |
|---|---|---|
| Eden Recruitment Ltd. | 7 | 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Forvis Mazars | 5 | 2013, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| EBSCO International Inc. | 4 | 2018, 2022 |
| BDO | 3 | 2013, 2014, 2023 |
| Clarion Consulting Limited | 3 | 2025, 2026 |
| Conference Partners Ltd. | 3 | 2015, 2021, 2025 |
| Dataway Ltd | 3 | 2015, 2019, 2022 |
| Silverarm Solutions | 3 | 2013, 2014, 2020 |
| Allen Creative | 2 | 2018, 2022 |
| Department of Epidemiology and Public Health | 2 | 2014, 2015 |
| Ipsos MRBI / MRBI Market Research Ltd | 2 | 2013, 2018 |
| Jonathan Pratschke - Social and Economic Research Consultant | 2 | 2020, 2022 |
| Life Science Recruitment | 2 | 2013, 2016 |
| McCann FitzGerald LLP | 2 | 2020, 2022 |
| O'Hanlon Media | 2 | 2020, 2024 |
| The Communications Clinic | 2 | 2021, 2023 |
Buyer Competition & Concentration Scorecard (Framework-Deduplicated)
Computed from 103 published OGP contract awards (CC-BY 4.0), deduplicating multi-lot framework ceiling repeats.
Single-Bidder Award Rate
29.7%
30 of 101 bid-disclosed awards received 1 tender
Top Supplier Spend Share
22.6%
Top 3 suppliers: 58.1% across 25 winners
Winner Concentration (HHI)
1,271
0 to 10,000 scale on deduplicated spend (<1,500 unconcentrated)
Export 103 awarded contracts (CSV & JSON)
TenderWatch ProAward history (103 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2026 | HRB 2026 - Provision of Temporary Agency Resources | undisclosed | - | €5.0M | |
| 9 April 2026 | HRB 2026 - Facilities Management Services | BAM FM Ireland Ltd | 8 | Open Procedure | €140k |
| 5 March 2026 | related services – HRB Grant Management System - Phase 2 Implementation Project Manager | Clarion Consulting Limited | - | €174k | |
| 2 March 2026 | HRB 2026 - ICT and Business Consultant | Clarion Consulting Limited | 5 | Open Procedure | €200k |
| 19 December 2025 | HRB Grant Management System - Phase 2 Implementation Project Manager | Clarion Consulting Limited | 2 | Open Procedure | €174k |
| 28 October 2025 | HRB - Provision of a Grant Management System | Smartsimple Software Ireland Limited | 14 | Open Procedure | €4.0M |
| 24 October 2025 | HRB Conference and Event Management Services | Conference Partners Ltd. | 1 | Open Procedure | €850k |
| 13 October 2025 | HRB - Implementation of a Cloud Based Voice System | Vodafone | 6 | Competitive Procedure With Negotiation | €389k |
| 23 September 2025 | HRB - Research contract to develop monitoring framework for the implementation of the Health Diversion Scheme (drugs policy) | Ross Macmillan Consulting | 2 | Open Procedure | €40k |
| 21 February 2025 | HRB 2025 Open Research Publishing | F1000 Research Ltd | 1 | Open Procedure | €550k |
| 23 December 2024 | HRB 2024 Commissioned research on Social costs and benefits associated with alcohol use in Ireland | Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction | 2 | Open Procedure | €285k |
| 21 October 2024 | HRB 2024 Evidence review on Drug and alcohol services | undisclosed | 3 | Open Procedure | €70k |
| 8 March 2024 | HRB 2024 ICT Services provision including Disaster Recovery, Backup Services, Hardware Support, Licensing, and IT Consulting | Savenet Solutions | 6 | Competitive Procedure With Negotiation | €800k |
| 22 February 2024 | HRB 2024-27 Pension Consulting Services | undisclosed | 2 | Open Procedure | €70k |
| 22 February 2024 | HRB - Editing and Proofreading - 2023 | O'Hanlon Media | 3 | Open Procedure | €300k |
| 14 December 2023 | HRB 2023 DPO Services 2024-28 | Forvis Mazars | 8 | Open Procedure | €216k |
| 12 December 2023 | HRB-Catering Services-2023 | Taste Food Co. | 3 | Open Procedure | €73k |
| 23 November 2023 | Media Training and Strategic Coaching | The Communications Clinic | 5 | Open Procedure | €35k |
| 20 September 2023 | EMCDDA - Monitoring, Analysis, and Report | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | €156k |
| 20 September 2023 | EMCDDA - Research Support | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | €132k |
| 14 September 2023 | HRB 2023 EMCDDA Research services to report drug prevalence, health correlates of drug use, consequences of drug use and prison data to the EMCDDA update of Estimation of Problem Drug Use – 2024-27 | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | €220k |
| 11 August 2023 | HRB 2023 Support and maintenance, software development and hosting for the HRB National drugs library 2024-33 | undisclosed | 2 | Open Procedure | €360k |
| 21 July 2023 | IT Solution to enable the collection of longitudinal output, outcome and impact data from HRB’s investments | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | €860k |
| 24 June 2023 | HRB 2023 A hosted fully integrated HR and Payroll Service | undisclosed | 2 | Open Procedure | €500k |
| 23 June 2023 | Application Management ICT Solution, Implementation and Support | BDO | 2 | Open Procedure | €600k |
| 24 January 2023 | HRB 2022 Training for Executive and management development | Prism Leadership and Change Consulting Ltd | 9 | Open Procedure | - |
| 5 December 2022 | HRB 2022 IT Consultant (Business analyst) to conduct an analysis and assist with procuring an IT Ethics application management system for the National Office | Eaton Square Ltd | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 30 November 2022 | HRB 2022 Real estate agent & auctioneer services in connection to sale of one property | Colliers International | 7 | Open Procedure | - |
| 21 October 2022 | Catering Services | DRMH Limited | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 26 September 2022 | Hotel Accommodation | Mespil Hotel | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 30 August 2022 | HRB 2022 Integrative review on placed-based and other geographically defined responses to drug-related threats in communities | Jonathan Pratschke - Social and Economic Research Consultant | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 25 August 2022 | HRB 2022 Subscriptions to electronic bibliographic databases for the HRB Evidence Centre and National Drugs Library | EBSCO International Inc. | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 18 August 2022 | HRB 2022 Print and Electronic journal subscriptions for the HRB library | EBSCO International Inc. | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 16 July 2022 | HRB 2022 Website design -Establishment of a Single Party framework agreement for provision of services for a new content management system (CMS) for the HRB website | Matrix Internet Applications Ltd | 9 | Competitive Procedure With Negotiation | €500k |
| 14 June 2022 | HRB 2022 Expertise to develop an Implementation Plan for the Hrb Research Strategy and Funding and Directorate Monitoring and Evaluation framework for funded research 2021-2025 | Forvis Mazars | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 12 May 2022 | HRB 2022 Independent Programme Evaluation of the states investment in an Irish national longitudinal study of ageing (TILDA) | University College Dublin | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 28 April 2022 | Hrb 2022 Design & Print | Allen Creative | 7 | Restricted Procedure | €270k |
| 6 March 2022 | HRB 2022 Firewall Network support and Penetration testing | Dataway Ltd | 1 | Open Procedure | €241k |
| 3 March 2022 | HRB 2022 Open Research Publishing | Informa UK Ltd | 1 | Open Procedure | €700k |
| 26 January 2022 | HRB 2022 Legal Services | McCann FitzGerald LLP | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 1 December 2021 | HRB-2021-Data Protection Officer services | Forvis Mazars | 13 | Open Procedure | - |
| 22 November 2021 | Facilities service for the Health Research Board | Apleona Ireland Limited | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 14 October 2021 | HRB-2021-Secondary data analysis of GUI datasets for alcohol and other drugs study | Trinity College Dublin the University of Dublin | 5 | Open Procedure | €210k |
| 13 September 2021 | HRB-2021-Media Training & Strategic advice | The Communications Clinic | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 1 May 2021 | HRB 2021 A single supplier framework agreement for temporary scientific and support staff (Agency Workers) under a four-year agreement to the HRB | Eden Recruitment Ltd. | 6 | Open Procedure | €4.0M |
| 18 March 2021 | Conference and Event Management Service | Conference Partners Ltd. | 7 | Open Procedure | €540k |
| 16 March 2021 | Electronic Data Retention / Deletion Consultancy service | Forvis Mazars | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 10 March 2021 | Specialist Pension Consultancy Service | Public Authority Pension Services Limited | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 4 March 2021 | Secure Committee Management & Reading Room Software | Decision Time Ltd | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 24 November 2020 | HRB 2020 Contract for support and maintenance, software development and hosting for the EPrints repository &HRB National Drugs Library website for the period 2021–23 | Silverarm Solutions | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 20 November 2020 | HRB :Legal support for HRB Clinical Trials Infrastructure contracts | McCann FitzGerald LLP | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 22 October 2020 | Agency Researcher(Agency Worker) to work on HRB overview on young people and drug and alcohol use in Ireland for the Health Research Board | Eden Recruitment Ltd. | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 11 October 2020 | The ongoing maintenance, support, hosting and enhancement of the HRB’s LINK – a web-based system for its National Health Information Systems (NHIS) | Open Sky Data Systems | 3 | Competitive Procedure With Negotiation | €4.0M |
| 6 October 2020 | Research service to report on prevention of drug use and policy developments of relevance to the drug situation in Ireland for Ireland’s EMCDDA National Focal Point 2021-23 | Lucy Dillon | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 6 October 2020 | Research service to report on the situation relating to the supply of illicit drugs and legal developments of relevance to the drug situation for Ireland’s EMCDDA National Focal Point 2021-23 | Yin-Yang Well-being | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 22 September 2020 | A scoping review for evaluation of drug rehabilitation outcomes and impacts in Ireland | Liverpool John Moores University | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 21 July 2020 | Financial Accountant (Agency worker) for an 11 month contract (1) | Adaptive HVM LTD | 11 | Open Procedure | - |
| 15 July 2020 | HRB evidence review on service user participation in the design and delivery of drug treatment, recovery, and harm reduction services | Jonathan Pratschke - Social and Economic Research Consultant | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 7 July 2020 | HR Generalist (Agency worker) for 6 month contract | Azon Recruitment Group | 17 | Open Procedure | - |
| 1 June 2020 | Provision of temporary scientific and support staff (Agency Workers) under a four-year single supplier framework agreement for the Office of NREC | Cpl Solutions Limited | 12 | Open Procedure | - |
| 28 May 2020 | Bibliometric tool | Digital Science and Research Solutions Inc | 2 | Open Procedure | €200k |
| 22 May 2020 | Editing and Proofreading | O'Hanlon Media | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 12 January 2020 | Legal services to the HRB under a single-supplier framework agreement for a 24-month period with the HRB reserving an option to extend by up to a further 24 months | Ballagh Solicitors | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 22 August 2019 | Temporary Reception and Facilities staff (Agency Workers) under a 24-month single supplier framework agreement | Osborne Recruitment | 13 | Open Procedure | - |
| 15 August 2019 | A single-operator Framework Agreement for the provision of Personnel and Organisational Development (POD) program initiatives to the HRB | Public Affairs Ireland | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 21 June 2019 | Systems Administrator for the HRB’s Grants Management System (GEMS) System | Ergo | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 19 June 2019 | The provision of three temporary (seven months) Agency Workers to assist with the completion of evidence products for the HRB Evidence Centre within the HRB | Eden Recruitment Ltd. | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 29 May 2019 | Supply of an Interim Finance Manager for six months at the Health Research Board | MBSL Limited | 4 | Restricted Procedure | - |
| 22 May 2019 | The provision of Firewall and Network Support to support existing hardware at the Health Research Board | Dataway Ltd | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 15 March 2019 | The services of a Systems Accountant to support the implementation of a new Financial Management System at the Heath Research Board | Grant Thornton | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 6 March 2019 | The provision of a temporary (seven months) Agency Worker to assist with the completion of evidence reviews and other evidence products for the HRB Evidence Centre within the HRB | Eden Recruitment Ltd. | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 14 January 2019 | The provision of a strategy development, co-ordination and support service to the Health Research Board | Alpha Healthcare Ltd | 14 | Open Procedure | - |
| 22 October 2018 | Framework for Print and electronic journal subscriptions for the HRB Library | EBSCO International Inc. | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 22 October 2018 | Framework for subscriptions to electronic bibliographic databases for the Health Research Board National Drug Library | EBSCO International Inc. | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 20 May 2018 | Survey to determine the prevalence of the use of illicit drugs, alcohol, prescription drugs and gambling in the general population | Ipsos MRBI / MRBI Market Research Ltd | 4 | Open Procedure | €575k |
| 15 May 2018 | A single-operator 48 month Framework Agreement for Design and Print | Allen Creative | 11 | Restricted Procedure | €240k |
| 19 February 2018 | Provision of a Pension Specialist Consultancy Service to the Health Research Board | undisclosed | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 9 February 2018 | Provision of a Qualitative evaluation of HRB Investment in Leaders in Health Research | Amarach Research | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 3 April 2017 | To establish a single operator framework for the provision of an Open Research Publishing Service | Faculty of 1000 Limited | 1 | Open Procedure | €400k |
| 18 January 2017 | The Provision of temporary Data Support Staff (Agency Workers) under a four year single supplier framework agreement | Eden Recruitment Ltd. | 2 | Open Procedure | €600k |
| 31 October 2016 | The provision of temporary Scientific Staff (Agency Workers) under a four year single supplier framework agreement | Eden Recruitment Ltd. | 6 | Open Procedure | €500k |
| 23 June 2016 | The supply of a technical service in Post-Award Grant Management to the Health Research Board for a twelve month period (1) | Life Science Recruitment | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 23 September 2015 | Request for Tender for a single operator framework agreement for the provision of Professional Conference Management Services to the HRB | Conference Partners Ltd. | 1 | Open Procedure | €250k |
| 17 June 2015 | A single-operator Framework Agreement for Design and Print | undisclosed | 16 | Restricted Procedure | - |
| 17 June 2015 | IDS TILDA - Wave 3 and option for wave 4 | School of Nursing and Midwifery | 1 | Open Procedure | €488k |
| 25 March 2015 | Provision of Firewalls (including ongoing maintenance and support) for the HRB | Dataway Ltd | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 6 January 2015 | Research service to report drug prevalence, health correlates of drug use and consequences of drug use data to the EMCDDA | Department of Epidemiology and Public Health | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 25 September 2014 | Evidence review on the role of case management in drug and alcohol rehabilitation services | University of Galway (ID 1400) | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 6 June 2014 | Maintenance, support and hosting for EPRINTS repository software and drugsandalcohol.ie website | Silverarm Solutions | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 15 May 2014 | IT Development Business Analyst and Project Coordinator | Astron Consulting Ltd. | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 10 April 2014 | Research service to conduct a review of evidence on suicide prevention in Ireland | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 4 March 2014 | Establishment of a Framework Agreement for Audit Services HRB/SFI | BDO | 4 | Restricted Procedure | - |
| 6 February 2014 | Research service to report drug prevalence, health correlates of drug use and consequences of drug use data to the EMCDDA | Department of Epidemiology and Public Health | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 8 November 2013 | EPRINTS upgrade | Silverarm Solutions | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 14 October 2013 | Rapid evidence reviews supporting the work of drug and alcohol taskforces | The RTK Ltd | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 11 October 2013 | HRA 2014 Peer Review Service | Life Science Recruitment | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 5 September 2013 | Executive Search and Recruitment services in sourcing a successor Chief Executive Officer for the HRB | Forvis Mazars | 17 | Open Procedure | - |
| 4 September 2013 | Managed service for data management NHIS | Eden Recruitment Ltd. | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 28 June 2013 | A single-operator Framework Agreement for twenty-four months for a Scientific Writing contract for the Health Research Board | Technology and Process Management Solutions | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 3 May 2013 | The HRB now invites proposals from interested parties to provide an Internal Audit Service to the Board. The Internal Audit work will conform to the guidance issued in the Code and the standards | BDO | 8 | Open Procedure | - |
| 6 March 2013 | Commission for research support for work on drug prevalence, health correlates of drug use and consequences of drug use data. | Dr Carrie Garavan | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 6 March 2013 | NATIONAL ALCOHOL DIARY SURVEY | Ipsos MRBI / MRBI Market Research Ltd | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 22 February 2013 | A single-operator Framework Agreement for 36 months for Design and Print Services | Clickworks | 16 | Restricted Procedure | - |
Open-market vs limited-competition mix · average bids · SME-access ratio
Procurement Intelligence
The Health Research Board (HRB) is Ireland’s national agency supporting and funding health and social-care research, evidence generation, research capacity, and knowledge translation. Its procurement profile combines IT and digital systems, research and evaluation services, professional consultancy, publishing, communications, facilities management, recruitment, and related operational services. Recent eTenders activity includes a grant-management system valued at €4 million, an Early Warning System software framework with a maximum value of €1.6 million, and open-research publishing services valued at €550,000. The authority also procures specialist research networks, programme-support services, scientific communications, governance software, temporary staffing, and facilities services.
Strategic Context
The HRB’s current purchasing is shaped by continued investment in digital research infrastructure and grant administration, including cloud-based systems for end-to-end grant management and software supporting national early-warning work. Board minutes indicate approval of up to €6.3 million over five years for the PPI Ignite Network 2026, potential HRB expenditure of about €1.4 million over three years for a second Evidence for Policy programme round, and €150,000 annually from the Department of Health for an addiction research network. Its 2025 annual report was published in September 2026, while 2026 procurement activity also covers facilities, communications, recruitment, and business-consulting capacity.
Typical Suppliers
- Cloud software and systems-integration providers delivering grant-management, governance, risk, and research-administration platforms
- Specialist research organisations, universities, evaluation consultancies, and public-policy evidence providers
- Professional-services firms providing programme review, audit, risk, financial, and progress-reporting services, including Evelyn Partners Ireland Ltd
- Scientific publishing, communications, public-engagement, and knowledge-translation agencies
- Facilities-management, cleaning, recruitment, and temporary-staffing providers
Supplier Tips
- Monitor eTenders by searching for The Health Research Board as contracting authority and register for alerts across ICT, research, consultancy, publishing, communications, recruitment, and facilities categories; submissions are generally made electronically through the Tender Postbox.
- For larger digital competitions, demonstrate secure cloud delivery, interoperability, grant or research-workflow expertise, implementation support, and credible public-sector references; the €4 million grant-management procurement and €1.6 million Early Warning System framework indicate material demand for specialist technology suppliers.
- Engage early with HRB programme and procurement contacts around research networks, evidence-for-policy initiatives, PPI infrastructure, and communications requirements, and structure bids around measurable outcomes, stakeholder engagement, data protection, accessibility, and knowledge translation.
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Updated 4 October 2026
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Last updated 6 November 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2013-02-22. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.