The Contracting Authority is seeking the provision of hospital-based clinical research support services to recruit and follow approximately 150 patients over an 18-month period, with six study visits per patient (900 total visits), and to achieve a minimum recruitment rate of 15 patients per month. The appointed tenderer will be required to deliver end-to-end patient screening, recruitment, consent, onboarding and follow-up, supported by sufficient qualified research nursing capacity to manage approximately 4โ5 patient appointments per working day. The service must also include competent phlebotomy, biological sample handling and secure data entry, together with arrangements for the storage, courier transport and laboratory processing of CRP, ESR and Faecal Calprotectin samples (approximately 600 total measurements), ensuring full regulatory compliance, traceability, data protection and proportionate sustainability measures throughout service delivery.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-03-13.
The procurement was published on 2026-02-13.
Contract notice (2026-02-13) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Clinical Research Services for Observational Study
Short description:
โThe Contracting Authority is seeking the provision of hospital-based clinical research support services to recruit and follow approximately 150 patients...โ
Short description
The Contracting Authority is seeking the provision of hospital-based clinical research support services to recruit and follow approximately 150 patients over an 18-month period, with six study visits per patient (900 total visits), and to achieve a minimum recruitment rate of 15 patients per month. The appointed tenderer will be required to deliver end-to-end patient screening, recruitment, consent, onboarding and follow-up, supported by sufficient qualified research nursing capacity to manage approximately 4โ5 patient appointments per working day. The service must also include competent phlebotomy, biological sample handling and secure data entry, together with arrangements for the storage, courier transport and laboratory processing of CRP, ESR and Faecal Calprotectin samples (approximately 600 total measurements), ensuring full regulatory compliance, traceability, data protection and proportionate sustainability measures throughout service delivery.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Health and social work services๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 90 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โThe Contracting Authority is seeking the provision of hospital-based clinical research support services to recruit and follow approximately 150 patients...โ
Description of the procurement
The Contracting Authority is seeking the provision of hospital-based clinical research support services to recruit and follow approximately 150 patients over an 18-month period, with six study visits per patient (900 total visits), and to achieve a minimum recruitment rate of 15 patients per month. The appointed tenderer will be required to deliver end-to-end patient screening, recruitment, consent, onboarding and follow-up, supported by sufficient qualified research nursing capacity to manage approximately 4โ5 patient appointments per working day. The service must also include competent phlebotomy, biological sample handling and secure data entry, together with arrangements for the storage, courier transport and laboratory processing of CRP, ESR and Faecal Calprotectin samples (approximately 600 total measurements), ensuring full regulatory compliance, traceability, data protection and proportionate sustainability measures throughout service delivery.
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Additional products/services: Health services๐ฆ
Place of performance: Dublin๐๏ธ
Duration: 24 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure โ Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-03-13 17:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-03-16 00:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7517499
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: 90
Complementary information Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000๐ Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000๐ Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2026/S 032-110605 (2026-02-13)