CONTRACT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF AN IRISH AGROECOLOGICAL LIVING LAB FOR ECOFABULANDS

University College Dublin ( UCD )

The Contracting Authority wishes to contract with a suitable company or organisation to establish and operate the Irish Agroecological Living Lab (LL) under the ecoFABULAnds project: Innovating for future-proof agroecological, biodiverse, and sustainably productive landscapes of Europe. The LL will act as a bioregional demonstrator for the co-creation, testing, and scaling of agroecological transition strategies at the landscape level in Ireland, contributing directly to WP2 (Living Labs), WP3 (Transition Solutions and Scaling Strategies), and WP4 (Environmental Education and Dissemination) of the project. The LL will focus on upland and lowland mixed-use landscapes in South-East Ireland, building on existing Bioregional Weaving Lab networks, and will engage farmers, local authorities, civil society, researchers, and policy stakeholders to co-create actionable agroecological innovations.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-11-20. The procurement was published on 2025-10-21.

Who?

What?

Where?
  • โ€ข Aฯ„ฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ โ€บ ฮ’ฯŒฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ‚ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ‚ ฮ‘ฮธฮทฮฝฯŽฮฝ
  • โ€ข Eastern and Midland โ€บ Dublin

Procurement history
Date Document
2025-10-21 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-10-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Contract for the establishment and operation of an irish agroecological living lab for ecofabulands
Reference number: UCDOPP5542
Short description:
โ€œThe Contracting Authority wishes to contract with a suitable company or organisation to establish and operate the Irish Agroecological Living Lab (LL) under...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Research and development services and related consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 160 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Contracting Authority wishes to contract with a suitable company or organisation to establish and operate the Irish Agroecological Living Lab (LL) under...โ€    Show more
Additional products/services: Research services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Research and development consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Research laboratory services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Research and experimental development services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 48 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-11-20 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-11-20 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6824639
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: University College Dublin ( UCD )
National registration number: CHY158
Postal address: Belfield, Dublin 4
Postal code: D04 V1W8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: procurement@ucd.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 0035317164990 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.ucd.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.ucd.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Education
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=6824639 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=6824639 ๐ŸŒ

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: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
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: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2025/S 204-701494 (2025-10-21)