Provision of National Climate Change Risk Assessment

Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA is leading in the provision of a National Climate Change Risk Assessment based on a request from Climate Action Plan 2023 Action AD/25/2 with a completion date of end Q1 2025. National climate change risk assessments (NCCRAs) are intended to support planning for adaptation to and mitigation of climate change impacts - providing insights into the solutions needed to inform the climate change adaptation planning process. The purpose is to develop and implement the delivery and publication plan for Irelandโ€™s first dedicated National Climate Change Risk Assessment (NCCRA) to set out the priority impacts of climate change for Ireland. NCCRAs provide a basis for making decisions on whether risks are acceptable to society or the community by analysing information on the projected impacts and consequences of climate change. NCCRAs then determine how risks deemed unacceptable can be reduced to below threshold levels of acceptability and how potential opportunities can be realised. This will be a systematic semi-quantitative iterative risk assessment process that supports identification, assessment, and prioritisation of climate change risks that are underpinned by consistent climate information and accounts for uncertainty in climate projections. The assessment will follow the recommendations of the NCCRA scoping report (2023). This recommended that an overarching semi-quantitative NCCRA process similar to the UK CCRA is established with an initial NCCRA developed in line with the New Zealand approach as this would provide for the identification and prioritisation of national climate change risks in the short term. The assessment is due by end Q1 2025.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-11-13. The procurement was published on 2023-10-13.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2023-10-13 Contract notice
Contract notice (2023-10-13)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Environmental Protection Agency
Postal address: Johnstown Castle Estate
Postal town: Wexford
Postal code: Y35 W821
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: d.mcauley@epa.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of National Climate Change Risk Assessment
Products/services: Research and development consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
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Additional products/services: Development consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Research consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Project management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe EPA is leading in the provision of a National Climate Change Risk Assessment based on a request from Climate Action Plan 2023 Action AD/25/2 with a...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 18
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals: Two six-month extensions are possible, if necessary

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-11-13 17:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2023-11-13 17:30 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2023/S 201-629604 (2023-10-13)