Preliminary Business Case for the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS)

Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland

In summary, the Services comprise of the development of a Preliminary Business Case for the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS) in line with the requirements of the Infrastructure Guidelines available at - https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/e8040-infrastructure-guidelines/ A holistic case will be developed for a policy intervention considering strategic alignment with national and European policy, climate action plan targets and actions, sectoral trends and needs, identification of a longlist of possible policy options (including expansion of existing SEAI schemes), multicriteria analysis and shortlisting of options, a financial and economic appraisal and cost benefit analysis, and recommendation for shortlisted options. For further information please see Request for Tender at www.etenders.gov.ie.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-09-19. The procurement was published on 2025-08-19.

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
2025-08-19 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-08-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Preliminary Business Case for the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS)
Short description:
โ€œIn summary, the Services comprise of the development of a Preliminary Business Case for the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS) in line with the...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Research and development services and related consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 100 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 100 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œIn summary, the Services comprise of the development of a Preliminary Business Case for the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS) in line with the...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Research and development services and related consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Energy and related services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Electricity distribution and related services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Electricity ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Economic research services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Energy-efficiency consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Data analysis services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 9 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Energy and related services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Electricity distribution and related services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Electricity ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Economic research services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Energy-efficiency consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Data analysis services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-09-19 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-09-19 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6326114
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: 12
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-09-19 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place:
โ€œhttps://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6326114โ€
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2025-09-04 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
National registration number: 231664
Postal address: Three Park Place, Upper Hatch Street, Dublin 2
Postal code: D02FX65
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: patrick.pirkl@seai.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 018082100 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.seai.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.seai.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Environment
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=6326114 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=6326114 ๐ŸŒ
EU funds programme: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (2021/2027)
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: 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
Department: 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
Source: OJS 2025/S 158-543747 (2025-08-19)