Research for the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (2026) Collaborative Study

Department of Health_1121

The HBSC Study is a WHO collaborative cross-national study of adolescent health and well-being. The aim of the Study is to collect comparable data from school-aged children using an internationally agreed protocol. Ireland has participated since the 1990's. The Department of Health is re-procuring for the next Wave of the Study, 2026-2029

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-05-24. The procurement was published on 2025-03-27.

Who? What? Where?
  • โ€ข Aฯ„ฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ โ€บ ฮ’ฯŒฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ‚ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ‚ ฮ‘ฮธฮทฮฝฯŽฮฝ
  • โ€ข Eastern and Midland โ€บ Dublin
Procurement history
Date Document
2025-03-27 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-03-27)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Research for the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (2026) Collaborative Study
Short description:
The HBSC Study is a WHO collaborative cross-national study of adolescent health and well-being. The aim of the Study is to collect comparable data from school-aged children using an internationally agreed protocol. Ireland has participated since the 1990's. The Department of Health is re-procuring for the next Wave of the Study, 2026-2029
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Social research services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 900 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Internal identifier: HBSC2026
Quantity: 1 hour
This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) โœ…
Additional information: 4 year duration, 2026-2029
Products/services: Research and development services and related consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Aim of strategic procurement: Fulfilment of social objectives
Study to assess child and adolescent health and wellbeing
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Other
Social objective promoted: Other
Innovation procurement: The procured works, supplies or services involve research and development activities.
The use of accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities in the technical specifications: Accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities are included
Green Procurement Criteria: EU Green Public Procurement criteria
Town: Ireland
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration
Start date: 2026-01-01 ๐Ÿ“…
End date: 2029-12-31 ๐Ÿ“…
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals: Every 4 years
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted โœ…
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Research services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Main features of the procedure: See attached documentation
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-05-24 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-05-26 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5341730
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-05-26 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5341730
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used โœ…
Electronic payment will be used โœ…
The CVD legal basis to establish which category of procurement procedure applies: Other service contract
The contract has performance execution conditions โœ…
The procurement falls within the scope of the European Parliament and Council 2009/33/EC (Clean Vehicles Directive โ€“ CVD) โœ…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Health_1121
National registration number: n/a
Department: Department of Health
Postal address: Block 1, Miesian Plaza, 50 - 58 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin, D02 XW14
Postal code: D02 XW14
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact point: healthyireland@health.gov.ie
E-mail: procurement@health.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 016354000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-health/ ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-health/ ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
Health
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=5341730 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5341730 ๐ŸŒ
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 ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 3 weeks from tender opening
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 063-203085 (2025-03-27)