Historic Mines Services 2026
Department of Climate Energy and the Environment
Historic Mines Services comprising three lots: Lot 1 concerns monitoring (environmental, water, dust, geotechnical and geoheritage) of two historic mine sites; Lot 2 concerns Critical Failure Assessment for two tailings management facilities and Lot 3 concerns a physical risk inventory for approx. 138 historic mine sites in Ireland. Please refer to the CfT Documents area for the RFT, ESPD form and specifications for each of the three lots.
DeadlineDeadline 2026-09-04
Who? What?- โข Engineering-related scientific and technical services โบ Map-making services
- โข Environmental impact assessment other than for construction โบ Risk or hazard assessment other than for construction
- โข Environmental management โบ Pollution investigation services
- โข Environmental rehabilitation โบ Industrial site rehabilitation
- โข Geological, geophysical and other scientific prospecting services โบ Geological and geophysical consultancy services
- โข Pollutants tracking and monitoring and rehabilitation services โบ Services related to toxic substances pollution
- โข Pollution tracking and monitoring and rehabilitation โบ Services related to water pollution
- โข Services related to air pollution โบ Air pollution monitoring or measurement services
- โข Services related to air pollution โบ Airborne particle monitoring
- โข Services related to soil pollution โบ Soil pollution measurement or monitoring
- โข Technical inspection services of engineering structures โบ Dam-inspection services
- โข Aฯฯฮนฮบฮฎ โบ ฮฯฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ ฮฮธฮทฮฝฯฮฝ
- โข Eastern and Midland โบ Dublin
- โข Southern โบ Mid-West
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | Contract notice |
Contract notice (2026-07-30)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Historic Mines Services 2026
Short description:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Technical inspection services of engineering structures ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 875 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โ
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 3
1๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
Title: Monitoring Services
Description of the procurement:
Additional products/services:
Main site or place of performance: Mid-West (Silvermines) and Mid-East (Avoca)
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Place of performance: Mid-West ๐๏ธ
Duration: 6 years
Title
Lot Identification Number:
2๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
Title: Critical Failure Assessment
Description of the procurement:
Additional products/services:
Main site or place of performance: Mid-West (Gortmore) and Mid-East (Shelton Abbey)
Title
Lot Identification Number:
3๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
Title: Risk Inventory
Description of the procurement:
Additional products/services:
Main site or place of performance: Across Ireland
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Description
Main site or place of performance:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-09-04 15:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-09-04 15:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8754140
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-09-04 15:30:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8754140
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used โ
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-08-28 15:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Climate Energy and the Environment
National registration number:
Postal address: Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road
Postal code: D04K7X4
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Contact point: Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment
E-mail: susan.fleming@dcee.gov.ie ๐ง
Phone: +35316782000 ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/ ๐
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=8754140 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=8754140 ๐
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 ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
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 2026/S 147-535585 (2026-07-30)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Historic Mines Services 2026
Short description:
Historic Mines Services comprising three lots: Lot 1 concerns monitoring (environmental, water, dust, geotechnical and geoheritage) of two historic mine sites; Lot 2 concerns Critical Failure Assessment for two tailings management facilities and Lot 3 concerns a physical risk inventory for approx. 138 historic mine sites in Ireland. Please refer to the CfT Documents area for the RFT, ESPD form and specifications for each of the three lots.
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Products/services: Technical inspection services of engineering structures ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 875 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โ
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 3
1๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
1
Title: Monitoring Services
Description of the procurement:
Lot 1 Monitoring Services: Environmental, geotechnical and geoheritage monitoring of Avoca and
Silvermines. To include:
โข Reviews of conceptual flow model, monitoring objectives and monitoring network
integrity at the sites;
โข Twice a year environmental monitoring including surface water, groundwater and
dust;
โข Annual geotechnical and geoheritage monitoring.
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+ 7 more
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Place of performance: Mid-West ๐๏ธ
Duration: 6 years
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
2๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
2
Title: Critical Failure Assessment
Description of the procurement:
Lot 2 Critical Failure Assessment: Assess nature, effects and mitigation of dam breach at
Gortmore and Shelton Abbey Tailings Management Facilities. To include:
โข Geotechnical review of site characterisation data
โข Critical Failure Assessment including: Risk assessment including credible failure
scenarios; dam breach modelling and consequence classification.
โข Emergency preparedeness response plan (EPRP) for dam failure.
โข Expert Final Report & Regulatory Presentations.
โข Design for interim early warning system for embankment failure at Gortmore TMF.
โข Review of CFM and ERP after three years, or after substantive changes to the
condition of the site (incidental or due to remediation works).
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+ 6 more
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0002
3๏ธโฃ
Internal identifier:
3
Title: Risk Inventory
Description of the procurement:
Lot 3 Risk inventory: National inventory, risk assessment and prioritisation of physical
risks at approx. 138 historic mine sites nationwide. To include:
โข Desk study on each site using available information.
โข Physical risk inspection and surveys of surface features at all sites.
โข Development of inventory, assessment and prioritisation scheme.
โข Report and GIS maps.
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Map-making services
๐ฆ
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0003
Description
Main site or place of performance:
For lot 1 and lot 2, services are required in the Mid-West (IE051) and Mid-East (IE062).
For lot 3, services are required across Ireland
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-09-04 15:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-09-04 15:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8754140
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-09-04 15:30:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8754140
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used โ
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-08-28 15:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Climate Energy and the Environment
National registration number:
4002073W
Postal address: Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road
Postal code: D04K7X4
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Contact point: Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment
E-mail: susan.fleming@dcee.gov.ie ๐ง
Phone: +35316782000 ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/ ๐
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=8754140 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=8754140 ๐
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 ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
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 2026/S 147-535585 (2026-07-30)
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