PROJ000009697 - SSB058C Provision of Search and Rescue Complete Vessel Solutions to the Minister for Transport, Irish Coast Guard (IRCG)
Department of Transport
Request for Tenders (RFT) for the design, manufacture, supply, testing, delivery, commissioning and familiarisation training of Search and Rescue Complete Vessel Solutions to the Minister for Transport, Irish Coast Guard (IRCG). The Minister for Transport (the “Contracting Authority”), represented by the Irish Coast Guard (IRCG), invites tenders (“Tenders”) to this Request for Tenders (“RFT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the supply of the goods and services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Goods and Services”). For the purposes of this RFT, with reference to “Appendix 1” it should be understood to include Appendices 1A and 1B, containing the detailed Requirements and Specification for each individual Lot. In summary, the Goods and Services will be comprised of (but are not limited to) the design, manufacture, supply, testing, delivery, commissioning and familiarisation training of Search and Rescue Complete Vessel Solutions to the IRCG for use by twenty-two (22) Coast Guard Units (CGUs) located around the Irish coastline nationwide. This public procurement competition will be divided into two (2) Lots (each a “Lot”) as described below. Each Lot will result in a separate Contract (each a “Contract”). Lot 1 Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs) Complete Vessel Solution Lot 2 Fully Inflatable Inshore Rescue Boats (IRBs) Complete Vessel Solution. Please note that the Office of Government Procurement (OGP), on behalf of the Contracting Authority, will be the contact office for all communications in relation to this public procurement competition.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-02-16. The procurement was published on 2025-12-18.
Who? What?- • Pleasure and sporting boats › Rescue dinghies
- • Rescue vessels › Light vessels
- • Semi-rigid dinghies › Inflatable craft
- • Small craft › Fibreglass dinghies
- • Specialised boats › Lifeboats
- • Trailers and semi-trailers › Trailers
- • Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
- • Eastern and Midland › Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-18 | Contract notice |
| 2026-01-13 | Contract notice |
| 2026-02-17 | Contract notice |
Contract notice (2025-12-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: PROJ000009697 - SSB058C Provision of Search and Rescue Complete Vessel Solutions to the Minister for Transport, Irish Coast Guard (IRCG)
Short description:
Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Rescue vessels 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 12 200 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 2
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 2
Tenders may be submitted for all lots ✅
1️⃣
Internal identifier:
Title: Lot 1 Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs) Complete Vessel Solution
Additional products/services: Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 9 years
Title
Lot Identification Number:
2️⃣
Internal identifier:
Title: Lot 2 Fully Inflatable Inshore Rescue Boats (IRBs) Complete Vessel Solution
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-02-16 13:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-02-16 13:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7224057
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-02-16 13:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7224057
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-02-04 13:00:00 📅
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Transport
National registration number:
Postal address: Leeson Lane, Dublin 2
Postal code: D02 TR60
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: procurement@transport.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +35316707444 📞
URL: https://www.gov.ie/transport 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.ie/transport 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7224057 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7224057 🌏
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 246-854263 (2025-12-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: PROJ000009697 - SSB058C Provision of Search and Rescue Complete Vessel Solutions to the Minister for Transport, Irish Coast Guard (IRCG)
Short description:
Request for Tenders (RFT) for the design, manufacture, supply, testing, delivery, commissioning and familiarisation training of Search and Rescue Complete Vessel Solutions to the Minister for Transport, Irish Coast Guard (IRCG). The Minister for Transport (the “Contracting Authority”), represented by the Irish Coast Guard (IRCG), invites tenders (“Tenders”) to this Request for Tenders (“RFT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the supply of the goods and services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Goods and Services”). For the purposes of this RFT, with reference to “Appendix 1” it should be understood to include Appendices 1A and 1B, containing the detailed Requirements and Specification for each individual Lot. In summary, the Goods and Services will be comprised of (but are not limited to) the design, manufacture, supply, testing, delivery, commissioning and familiarisation training of Search and Rescue Complete Vessel Solutions to the IRCG for use by twenty-two (22) Coast Guard Units (CGUs) located around the Irish coastline nationwide. This public procurement competition will be divided into two (2) Lots (each a “Lot”) as described below. Each Lot will result in a separate Contract (each a “Contract”). Lot 1 Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs) Complete Vessel Solution Lot 2 Fully Inflatable Inshore Rescue Boats (IRBs) Complete Vessel Solution. Please note that the Office of Government Procurement (OGP), on behalf of the Contracting Authority, will be the contact office for all communications in relation to this public procurement competition.
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Products/services: Rescue vessels 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 12 200 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 2
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 2
Tenders may be submitted for all lots ✅
1️⃣
Internal identifier:
1
Title: Lot 1 Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs) Complete Vessel Solution
Additional products/services: Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Duration: 9 years
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
2️⃣
Internal identifier:
2
Title: Lot 2 Fully Inflatable Inshore Rescue Boats (IRBs) Complete Vessel Solution
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0002
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-02-16 13:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-02-16 13:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7224057
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-02-16 13:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7224057
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-02-04 13:00:00 📅
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Transport
National registration number:
123456
Postal address: Leeson Lane, Dublin 2
Postal code: D02 TR60
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: procurement@transport.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +35316707444 📞
URL: https://www.gov.ie/transport 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.ie/transport 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7224057 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7224057 🌏
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 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 246-854263 (2025-12-18)
Contract notice (2026-01-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 12 200 000 EUR 💰
Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-03-02 13:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-03-02 13:30:00 📅
Tendering terms
Opening date: 2026-03-02 13:30:00 📅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-02-18 13:00:00 📅
Changes
Other additional information
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: abc45f9b-9844-459c-bf27-6ab46c006b4f-01
Source: OJS 2026/S 009-026400 (2026-01-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Request for Tenders (RFT) for the design, manufacture, supply, testing, delivery, commissioning and familiarisation training of Search and Rescue Complete Vessel Solutions to the Minister for Transport, Irish Coast Guard (IRCG). The Minister for Transport (the “Contracting Authority”), represented by the Irish Coast Guard (IRCG), invites tenders (“Tenders”) to this Request for Tenders (“RFT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the supply of the goods and services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Goods and Services”). For the purposes of this RFT, with reference to “Appendix 1” it should be understood to include Appendices 1A and 1B, containing the detailed Requirements and Specification for each individual Lot. In summary, the Goods and Services will be comprised of (but are not limited to) the design, manufacture, supply, testing, delivery, commissioning and familiarisation training of Search and Rescue Complete Vessel Solutions to the IRCG for use by twenty-two (22) Coast Guard Units (CGUs) located around the Irish coastline nationwide. This public procurement competition will be divided into two (2) Lots (each a “Lot”) as described below. Each Lot will result in a separate Contract (each a “Contract”). Lot 1 Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs) Complete Vessel Solution Lot 2 Fully Inflatable Inshore Rescue Boats (IRBs) Complete Vessel Solution.
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Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-03-02 13:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-03-02 13:30:00 📅
Tendering terms
Opening date: 2026-03-02 13:30:00 📅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-02-18 13:00:00 📅
Changes
Other additional information
A Tender Deadline Extension has been granted by the Contracting Authority.
The new Tender Deadline is Monday, March 2, 2026 at 13:00 (Irish Standard Time).
The Queries and Clarifications Deadline has been extended to Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 13:00 (Irish Standard Time).
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Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: abc45f9b-9844-459c-bf27-6ab46c006b4f-01
Source: OJS 2026/S 009-026400 (2026-01-13)
Contract notice (2026-02-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 12 200 000 EUR 💰
Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-03-18 13:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-03-18 13:30:00 📅
Tendering terms
Opening date: 2026-03-18 13:30:00 📅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-03-06 13:00:00 📅
Changes
Other additional information
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: bd7b555d-debb-46fc-b86b-51a90036cf61-02
Source: OJS 2026/S 035-120327 (2026-02-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 12 200 000 EUR 💰
Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-03-18 13:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-03-18 13:30:00 📅
Tendering terms
Opening date: 2026-03-18 13:30:00 📅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-03-06 13:00:00 📅
Changes
Other additional information
A further Tender Deadline Extension has been granted by the Contracting Authority.
The new Tender Deadline is Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 13:00 (Irish Standard Time).
The Queries and Clarifications Deadline has been extended to Friday, March 6, 2026 at 13:00 (Irish Standard Time).
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Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: bd7b555d-debb-46fc-b86b-51a90036cf61-02
Source: OJS 2026/S 035-120327 (2026-02-17)
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