HRB 2026 - ICT and Business Consultant

The Health Research Board

The HRB (www.hrb.ie) is Irelandโ€™s primary health and social care research funding agency. We support research to inform health and social care practice and policy, which improves peopleโ€™s health and contributes to economic growth. We manage an approximate โ‚ฌ60 million investment in health research activity each year, with core funding from the Department of Health. Further information is available at our corporate website www.hrb.ie. The scope of the Framework Agreement is for the provision of specialised consultancy services to assist with the delivery of business and ICT projects for the HRB. Tenderers should refer to Section 3 of the RFT for a detailed description of the scope, functional requirements, and related services to be delivered under the Framework Agreement.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-03-24. The procurement was published on 2026-03-02.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

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
2026-03-02 Contract notice
2026-04-27 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2026-03-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: HRB 2026 - ICT and Business Consultant
Short description:
The HRB (www.hrb.ie) is Irelandโ€™s primary health and social care research funding agency. We support research to inform health and social care practice and policy, which improves peopleโ€™s health and contributes to economic growth. We manage an approximate โ‚ฌ60 million investment in health research activity each year, with core funding from the Department of Health. Further information is available at our corporate website www.hrb.ie. The scope of the Framework Agreement is for the provision of specialised consultancy services to assist with the delivery of business and ICT projects for the HRB. Tenderers should refer to Section 3 of the RFT for a detailed description of the scope, functional requirements, and related services to be delivered under the Framework Agreement.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Business and management consultancy and related services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 200 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Additional products/services: Management-related services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 4 years
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

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: 2026-03-24 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-03-24 17:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7629632
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: 90 days
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators โœ…
Maximum number of participants: 1
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-03-24 17:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7629632
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used โœ…
Electronic payment will be used โœ…
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-03-16 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: The Health Research Board
National registration number: IE4820764P
Postal address: 67-72 Lower Mount Street,
Postal code: DO2 H638
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: alynch@hrb.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: (01) 234 5000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.hrb.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.hrb.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
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=7629632 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7629632 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 2026/S 043-146530 (2026-03-02)
Contract award notice (2026-04-27)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 200 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 200 000 EUR (framework approximate) ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Award criteria
Cost criterion (name): Cost @ 25%
Cost criterion (weighting): 25
Quality criterion (name): Quality @ 75
Quality criterion (weighting): 75

Procedure
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)

Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded โœ…
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Contract Number: 439686
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-04-24 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Re-estimated value of the framework agreement: 200 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Tender identifier: 000164165
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0001
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Clarion Consulting Limited_94384
National registration number: 316022
Postal address: 20 Harcourt Street
Postal code: D02 H364
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: lgough@clarionconsulting.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 0872939801 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: www.clarionconsulting.com ๐ŸŒ
Size of the economic operator: Micro, small, or medium
Source: OJS 2026/S 082-290499 (2026-04-27)