Background

The HRB is a statutory agency under the aegis of the Department of Health. Its mission is to support research that improves people's health, promotes evidence-informed care and creates solutions to societal challenges.

Areas covered

The selected tenderer will be required to provide legal services in the following main areas:

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, and
• 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, and
• infrastructural investments.

Matters relating to the management of national health information systems and provision of evidence reviews to inform policy-making:

• Commercial contracts,
• statements of understanding,
• memoranda of understanding between two or more parties,
• advice on compliance with the terms of EU grant agreements, and
• matters relating to the HRB requirements to provide operational and secretariat support to the HRCDC and NREC.

Further information

The response deadline is noon on 16 February 2022. For more information, and to submit a tender, visit the eTenders website.