Exploring Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) Roles and Education in the Long Term Residential Care Sector In Ireland
Leading Healthcare Providers Skillnet
Building on previous work exploring career progression for home support workers, Leading Healthcare Providers (LHP) Skillnet has secured funding to investigate the current roles, responsibilities, and educational levels of Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) within Long term residential care settings. LHP Skillnet seeks to partner with a research organisation to undertake this project. This project aims to provide robust data to inform the design of a career progression pathway for HCAs, addressing inconsistencies in role definitions and qualifications across the sector.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-06-29. The procurement was published on 2025-05-22.
Who? What?- โข Research and development services and related consultancy services โบ Research and development consultancy services
- โข Research and experimental development services โบ Research services
- โข Aฯฯฮนฮบฮฎ โบ ฮฯฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ ฮฮธฮทฮฝฯฮฝ
- โข Eastern and Midland โบ Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2025-05-22 | Contract notice |
Contract notice (2025-05-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Exploring Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) Roles and Education in the Long Term Residential Care Sector In Ireland
Short description:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Research services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 36 190 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Internal identifier:
Additional products/services:
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-06-29 00:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-06-30 00:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5738638
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 3 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-06-30 00:00:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5738638
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used โ
Electronic payment will be used โ
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Leading Healthcare Providers Skillnet
National registration number:
Postal address: 2A Convent Road Dun Laoghaire
Postal code: A96 W7C5
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: carmelkelly@lhpskillnet.ie ๐ง
Phone: 01 218 7698 ๐
URL: https://www.lhpskillnet.ie ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.lhpskillnet.ie ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Education
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=5738638 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5738638 ๐
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 29/07/25
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 099-335393 (2025-05-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Exploring Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) Roles and Education in the Long Term Residential Care Sector In Ireland
Short description:
Building on previous work exploring career progression for home support workers, Leading Healthcare Providers (LHP) Skillnet has secured funding to investigate the current roles, responsibilities, and educational levels of Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) within Long term residential care settings. LHP Skillnet seeks to partner with a research organisation to undertake this project. This project aims to provide robust data to inform the design of a career progression pathway for HCAs, addressing inconsistencies in role definitions and qualifications across the sector.
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Products/services: Research services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 36 190 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Internal identifier:
0
Additional products/services:
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-06-29 00:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-06-30 00:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5738638
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 3 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-06-30 00:00:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5738638
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used โ
Electronic payment will be used โ
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Leading Healthcare Providers Skillnet
National registration number:
350136
Postal address: 2A Convent Road Dun Laoghaire
Postal code: A96 W7C5
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: carmelkelly@lhpskillnet.ie ๐ง
Phone: 01 218 7698 ๐
URL: https://www.lhpskillnet.ie ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.lhpskillnet.ie ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Education
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=5738638 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5738638 ๐
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 ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 29/07/25
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 099-335393 (2025-05-22)
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