CORU - Legal Services to Support Appeals Management

Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU)

CORU wish to engage the services of a supplier to provide legal support to manage the appeals process, with the aim of decisions to be made on all appeals cases pending as of 31 December 2025 (170 approximately) in 2026. The person or persons providing the services should be available provide a service to the CORU Appeals Team (2 persons) in the CORU offices at least two days and week, and in a hybrid environment for two days (total 4 days a week) for 46 weeks. The service provider will be required to; 1. Support operational management of appeals including scheduling of appeals, liaising with appeals committee members, legal assessors and appellants, organising training for appeals committee members. 2. Review appeals applications to ensure documents are properly completed and valid. 3. Review appeals files in advance of committee meetings for completeness and identify any potential questions and considerations for the appeals committee. 4. Communicate outcome of appeals committee with appellants and Registration Boards, including completion of relevant paperwork. 5. Complete monthly reporting on appeals cases heard, outcomes and progress.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-12-12. The procurement was published on 2025-11-10.

Who?

• Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU)

What?

Where?

• Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
• Eastern and Midland › Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2025-11-10	Contract notice

Contract notice (2025-11-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: CORU - Legal Services to Support Appeals Management
Short description:
“CORU wish to engage the services of a supplier to provide legal support to manage the appeals process, with the aim of decisions to be made on all appeals...”
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Legal services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 350 000 EUR 💰
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 350 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
“CORU wish to engage the services of a supplier to provide legal support to manage the appeals process, with the aim of decisions to be made on all appeals...”
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Legal services 📦
Additional products/services: Legal advisory services 📦
Legal advisory and representation services 📦
Legal advisory and information services 📦
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 18 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Legal advisory services 📦
Legal advisory and representation services 📦
Legal advisory and information services 📦

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-12-12 00:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-12-12 00:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6962284
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 180
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-12-12 00:30:00 📅
Place:
“https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6962284”
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2025-12-05 00:00:00 📅

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU)
National registration number: 0000
Postal address: Infinity Building, George’s Court, George’s Lane, Smithfield, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 E98Y
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: procurement@coru.ie 📧
Phone: 01 293 3160 📞
URL: https://coru.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://coru.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Health
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=6962284 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=6962284 🌏
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2025/S 218-749895 (2025-11-10)

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