DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEM FOR UNIFIED CYBER INCIDENT RESPONSE SERVICE
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Your path to submission
- Deadline: 12 March 2030 at 12:00 — 1255 days left.
- You submit on eTenders Ireland — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
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Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The median procedure drew 11 bids (3,546 procedures with a bid count); 7% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 3,546
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 2 months (104 awards, most recently September 2026) — the next award is due around November 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to IBM Ireland Limited.n = 104
- 46% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (3,988 awards since 2013, spread over 1,771 companies). 54% went to new names.n = 3,988 awards since 2013
- The award came in at a median 99% of the estimated value (44 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here. Sector: 88%.n = 44
- 9% of awards went to companies from abroad (3,988 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 15%.n = 3,988
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 04/10/2026.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · IT services, 531 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 4,642 recorded awards) — mostly from Germany, France, United Kingdom.
Typical field: median 4 (from 67 awards).
What the buyer is looking for
The HSE is issuing this Request to Participate (“RTP”) in a Dynamic Purchasing System (hereafter ‘the DPS’) for the provision of Unified Cyber Incident Response service. The HSE is the Contracting Authority for this public procurement competition on its own behalf and on behalf of all organisations funded by the HSE. On 14 May 2021, the HSE was subjected to a serious criminal cyberattack (the “Incident”), through the infiltration of IT systems using Conti Ransomware. Over 80 percent of IT infrastructure impacted leading to unavailability of key patient information and diagnostics. To rapidly enhance the security operations and strengthen the cyber defence posture post the Incident, a number of security services were stood up on an emergency basis. HSE are now in the journey towards standardising these capabilities and associated services. The Post Incident Review (PIR) that was carried…
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… out following the incident has highlighted the need for integrating existing siloed incident response processes into a unified cyber incident response capability. The vision of this service is to effectively and consistently have the capability to unify the cyber incident response across multiple HSE organisational constructs.
Contract
Who has won here before
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Uniphar Medtech Ltd. t/a M.E.D. Surgical | 31 | 2013–2026 |
| Accuscience Ireland Limited | 22 | 2016–2026 |
| Hospital Services Limited | 22 | 2013–2024 |
| Irish Hospital Supplies Ltd | 22 | 2016–2024 |
| PJ Brennan and Company Limited trading as Brennan and Co | 21 | 2015–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this
Who knows the rhythm prepares instead of reacting.