Provision of Digital Aerial Surveys for Biological Data Collection within Tonn Nua in the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan

Department of the Environment Climate and Communications

The Minister for the Climate, Energy and the Environment (DCEE) invites interested parties to submit responses to this request for tender for Digital Aerial Surveys to support DCEE in acquiring high quality biological data to support the ORESS Tonn Nua auction, results of which are expected to be available in November 2025. For the avoidance of doubt, this would include survey within the Tonn Nua in the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan (SC-DMAP) and a 10km buffer area outside of the Tonn Nua boundary. The Tonn Nua site (A) is situated off the coast of County Waterford and encompasses a total marine area of 312.6 km2.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-08-27. The procurement was published on 2025-07-29.

Who? What? Where?
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Procurement history
Date Document
2025-07-29 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-07-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Digital Aerial Surveys for Biological Data Collection within Tonn Nua in the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan
Reference number: 0000
Short description:
The Minister for the Climate, Energy and the Environment (DCEE) invites interested parties to submit responses to this request for tender for Digital Aerial Surveys to support DCEE in acquiring high quality biological data to support the ORESS Tonn Nua auction, results of which are expected to be available in November 2025. For the avoidance of doubt, this would include survey within the Tonn Nua in the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan (SC-DMAP) and a 10km buffer area outside of the Tonn Nua boundary. The Tonn Nua site (A) is situated off the coast of County Waterford and encompasses a total marine area of 312.6 km2.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Offshore services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 250 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0000
Aim of strategic procurement: Reduction of environmental impacts
This will improve the quality of Environmental Impact Assessments.
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Climate change adaptation
Green Procurement Criteria: EU Green Public Procurement criteria
Postal address: Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road, Dublin, D04 K7X4
Postcode: D04 K7X4
Town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 3 years
Award criteria
Price โœ…
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

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: 2025-08-27 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-08-27 17:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6201565
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: 90 days
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-08-27 17:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6201565
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used โœ…
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2025-08-18 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
The CVD legal basis to establish which category of procurement procedure applies: Other service contract
The procurement falls within the scope of the European Parliament and Council 2009/33/EC (Clean Vehicles Directive โ€“ CVD) โœ…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of the Environment Climate and Communications
National registration number: 4002073W
Postal address: Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road
Postal code: D04K7X4
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: susan.fleming@decc.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 01 678 2000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: http://www.decc.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.decc.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
Environment
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=6201565 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=6201565 ๐ŸŒ
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
Same as: Review body
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 144-496677 (2025-07-29)