HRB 2022 Legal Services

Tender description

The HRB The Health Research Board (HRB) is a statutory agency under the aegis of the Department of Health. The HRB’s mission is to support research that improves people's health, promotes evidence-informed care and creates solutions to societal challenges. Our vison is ‘better health through excellent research, data and evidence’. The HRB has a staff of 85. We manage an annual budget of €47 million, and an investment portfolio of approximately €200 million. Services required The HRB invites tenders for the provision of general legal services for an initial two year period commencing on the date of appointment. The selected tenderer will be required to provide legal services in the following main areas of law/commerce identified below: Corporate matters • Advising on procurement queries and drafting of contracts for services procured. • Health and safety, • Regulatory compliance including Corporate governance and Directors’ duties • Property, estates and conveyancing and insurance • Freedom of Information, cyber Information, and data protection • Intellectual property Employment and equality law General Employment advices, pensions, protected disclosures, external services delivery. Research funding-related matters • grant application and review processes, grant contracts and terms and conditions, • grant management, payments, compliance monitoring and reporting, • collaboration and consortium agreements, • research governance, relevant domestic and EU legislation and codes of practice • infrastructural investments. Matters relating to the management of national health information systems and provision of evidence reviews to inform policymaking • Commercial contracts • statements of understanding • memoranda of understanding between two or more parties • advice on compliance with the terms of EU grant agreements Matters relating to the HRB requirements to provide operational and secretariat support to the HRCDC and NREC