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

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...”    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Social research services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 900 000 EUR 💰
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Internal identifier: HBSC2026
Quantity: 1 hour
Estimated value excluding VAT: 900 000 EUR 💰
This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) ✅
Description of the procurement:
“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...”    Show more
Additional information:
“4 year duration, 2026-2029”
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Research and development services and related consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Research services 📦
Health and social work 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 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration
Start date: 2026-01-01 📅
End date: 2029-12-31 📅
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅
Description
Description of renewals:
“Every 4 years”
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted ✅
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Research services 📦

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
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 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-05-26 00:00:00 📅
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 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-05-26 00:00:00 📅
Place:
“https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5341730”
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅
The CVD legal basis to establish which category of procurement procedure applies: Other service contract
The contract has performance execution conditions ✅
The procurement falls within the scope of the European Parliament and Council 2009/33/EC (Clean Vehicles Directive – CVD) ✅

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 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact point: healthyireland@health.gov.ie
E-mail: procurement@health.gov.ie 📧
Phone: 016354000 📞
URL: https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-health/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-health/ 🌏
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 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5341730 🌏
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 📞
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“3 weeks from tender opening”
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2025/S 063-203085 (2025-03-27)