Proposal for habitat surveys and condition assessments for blanket bog SACs in counties Galway, Mayo, Sligo, and Donegal

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

This request for tender seeks a suitable contractor to complete habitat surveys and condition assessments of blanket bog and associated habitats within 11 SACs in the northwest of Ireland.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-01-30. The procurement was published on 2022-12-22.

Who?

• Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2022-12-22	Contract notice

Contract notice (2022-12-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Environmental impact assessment other than for construction
Reference number: Habitat Surveys Blanket Bog SACs
Short description:

This request for tender seeks a suitable contractor to complete habitat surveys and condition assessments of blanket bog and associated habitats within 11 SACs in the northwest of Ireland.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Environmental impact assessment other than for construction 📦
Additional CPV: Environmental standards other than for construction 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Postal address: Custom House
Postal code: Dublin 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.housing.gov.ie 🌏
E-mail: derek.mcloughlin@npws.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 0858784793 📞
Fax: +353 0858784793 📠
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=231326&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=231326&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-12-22 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-01-30 📅
Publication date: 2022-12-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 249-727409
OJ-S issue: 249

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 650 000 EUR 💰
Short description:

This request for tender seeks a suitable contractor to complete habitat surveys and condition assessments of blanket bog and associated habitats within 11 SACs in the northwest of Ireland (See Table 1). The contractor will classify habitats and record quadrats at pre-defined locations across these sites.

Scope

1. Location: A total of 11 sites should be surveyed over the course of the three years (2023-2025) in counties Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Donegal. A full list of the 11 sites is presented in Table 2. In 2023, habitat and condition assessment surveys will occur in 5 blanket bog SACs in counties Galway, Mayo and Donegal. These are Cloghernagore Bog and Glenveagh National Park SAC (Glenveagh NP only), Slieve Tooey/ Tormore Island/ Loughros Beg Bay SAC; Glenamoy Bog Complex SAC; Owenduff-Nephin Complex SAC (incl. Wild Nephin NP); and The Twelve Bens/ Garraun Complex SAC (Connemara NP only), as listed in Table 1. This is the maximum area to be surveyed in 2023, however, it is acceptable to survey less than this, provided it’s clearly demonstrated that the remaining project sites listed in Table 2 will be surveyed over 2024 and 2025.

2. Extent The target area for 2023 is to survey a maximum of 5 of the 11 project sites within the WAN target area. This accounts for c.63,000 ha of blanket bog and associated habitats. The remaining project sites (c.73,000 ha) will be surveyed over 2024 and 2025.

3. Timing: The habitat surveys will generally be run over the 5 month period (May-Sept) with completion of summary reports and GIS outputs by year end. From provisional work completed in 2022, the estimated rate of coverage is approximately 150 ha per day per surveyor.

4. Communications and consultations: The contractor is expected to attend project start-up meeting with WAN to discuss project management details and any changes to methodologies and if necessary to review data requirements and agree data structures and standards, including GIS requirements. They should arrange consultations with regional NPWS staff, lando

Estimated value excluding VAT: 650 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 34 months
Name of EU-financed project or programme: LIFE IP Wild Atlantic Nature
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: North West Ireland

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 15:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender opening date: 2023-01-30 📅
Tender opening time: 15:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Derek McLoughlin
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1209 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=231326&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage
Postal address: Custom House
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 858784793 📞
E-mail: derek.mcloughlin@npws.gov.ie 📧
Source: OJS 2022/S 249-727409 (2022-12-22)

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