Provision of Wood Chip Processing Facility and Logistics Services for the Coillte Group

Coillte CGA

Coillte is seeking proposals from qualified companies for the provision of a Wood Chip Processing Facility and Logistics Services for a new large scale industrial heat client based in Kinsale, Co. Cork. The successful candidate will be required to process and deliver up to 30,000 tonnes of wood chip per annum to the contract specification and at 40per cent moisture content to the clientโ€™s facility using walking floor trailers. The depot must be capable of storing a minimum of 40,000 cubic metres m3 of pulpwood stacked in bays with adequate space for access and egress of machinery and haulage vehicles. The site must be suitable to promote natural air drying. Please note, the contract is for a four (4) year period with deliveries of biomass scheduled to commence in quarter four Q4 2026 up to and including quarter four Q4 2030.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-02-06. The procurement was published on 2025-12-15.

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
2025-12-15 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-12-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Wood Chip Processing Facility and Logistics Services for the Coillte Group
Short description:
โ€œCoillte is seeking proposals from qualified companies for the provision of a Wood Chip Processing Facility and Logistics Services for a new large scale...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Forestry services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: Biomass
Quantity: 1 tonne
Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) โœ…
Description of the procurement:
โ€œCoillte is seeking proposals from qualified companies for the provision of a Wood Chip Processing Facility and Logistics Services for a new large scale...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Forestry services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Timber products ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Wood pulp ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Forestry and logging products ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Wood ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Pulp ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Transport of logs within the forest ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 4 (YEAR)
The time frame below is expressed in number of years.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Timber products ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Wood pulp ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Forestry and logging products ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Wood ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Pulp ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Transport of logs within the forest ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Description
Town: Dublin

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: 2026-02-06 13:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-02-06 13:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7176168
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
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-02-06 13:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place:
โ€œhttps://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7176168โ€
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used โœ…
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-01-30 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Selection criterion: Security of supply
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
โ€œn/aโ€
Exclusion ground: Agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Coillte CGA
National registration number: 138108
Postal address: Newtownmountkennedy
Postal code: A63DN25
Postal town: Wicklow
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: forestprocurement@coillte.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 0035312011111 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.coillte.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.coillte.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Social protection
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7176168 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7176168 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
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
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2025/S 242-835139 (2025-12-15)