Ruhama - Invitation to Tender for Pornography Research

Ruhama CLG

This Request for Services invites qualified researchers or research organisations to submit proposals to undertake an inโ€‘depth study on the intersection of prostitution and the non-consensual recording and dissemination of intimate images within a commercial sexual exploitation context.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-12-16. The procurement was published on 2025-12-01.

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
2025-12-01 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-12-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Ruhama - Invitation to Tender for Pornography Research
Reference number: RHITPR
Short description:
This Request for Services invites qualified researchers or research organisations to submit proposals to undertake an inโ€‘depth study on the intersection of prostitution and the non-consensual recording and dissemination of intimate images within a commercial sexual exploitation context.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Research and development services and related consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 32 520 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: RHITPR
Quantity: 1 hour
Estimated value excluding VAT: 40 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) โœ…
Products/services: Research and development consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Aim of strategic procurement: Fulfilment of social objectives
Research on the Intersection Between Commercial Sexual Exploitation and the Production of Pornography/Non-consensual Recording and Dissemination of Intimate Images in Ireland
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
Main site or place of performance: None
Postal address: 4 Castle Street
Postcode: DO2EY44
Town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 9 months
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Proven capability and prior experience in research and relevant field of work (300) Demonstrated understanding of the relevance and importance of the proposed research (300) Capacity to deliver project in proposed timeline (250) Proposed Methodology (250). Detailed Costings (200)
Quality criterion (weighting): 1
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Description
Postal address: 4 Castle Street Dublin 2
Town: Ireland

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-12-16 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-12-16 17:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7085616
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: 12 months
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators โœ…
A dynamic purchasing system was set up โœ…
Maximum number of participants: 1
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-12-16 17:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7085616
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used โœ…
Electronic payment will be used โœ…
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2025-12-10 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
The CVD legal basis to establish which category of procurement procedure applies: Other service contract
Award criteria
Weight type: Order of importance
Tendering terms
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…

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Selection criterion: Other economic or financial requirements
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
Proven experience researching prostitution, trafficking, gender based violence, or related fields. Familiarity with feminist theory and its application to areas of domestic, sexual and gender based violence with particular reference to commercial sexual exploitation Experience conducting trauma informed interviews. Strong understanding of Irish legal and policy contexts in relation to violence against women Capacity to analyse digital platforms and online exploitation. Demonstrable, excellent analytical and report writing skills
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Information about reserved contracts
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Ruhama CLG
National registration number: 209799
Department: Ruhama
Postal address: 4 Castle Stret
4 Castle Street
Postal code: D02EY44
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact point: Feargha NiBhroin
E-mail: adrienne@ruhama.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 0035318360292 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: www.ruhama.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: www.ruhama.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7085616 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7085616 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
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 232-797736 (2025-12-01)