The Provision of Research and Outreach Services for the Biodiversity Forum

Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage

Irelandโ€™s National Biodiversity Forum is convened by the Minister for Heritage and Electoral Reform and comprises 15-20 members including representatives of landowners, farmers, industry, natural heritage and environmental NGOs, Universities and Institutes of Technology, local authorities and representatives from Northern Ireland. Its functions are to: โ€ข provide independent monitoring of progress in the on-going implementation of the National Biodiversity Plan (NBAP), highlighting progress and bottlenecks; โ€ข ensure ongoing input into the development of national strategies to promote biodiversity conservation, particularly the National Biodiversity Action Plan; โ€ข work with the Biodiversity Working Group towards the sectoral integration of biodiversity planning; โ€ข improve stakeholder engagement and public awareness and understanding of biodiversity; โ€ข promote North/South co-operation in the context of the island as a single bio-geographical entity; โ€ข provide progress reports and make recommendations to the Minister as appropriate. A new role has been established for a researcher to support these functions.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-11-20. The procurement was published on 2023-10-20.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2023-10-20 Contract notice
Contract notice (2023-10-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Research services
Short description:
Irelandโ€™s National Biodiversity Forum is convened by the Minister for Heritage and Electoral Reform and comprises 15-20 members including representatives of landowners, farmers, industry, natural heritage and environmental NGOs, Universities and Institutes of Technology, local authorities and representatives from Northern Ireland. Its functions are to: โ€ข provide independent monitoring of progress in the on-going implementation of the National Biodiversity Plan (NBAP), highlighting progress and bottlenecks; โ€ข ensure ongoing input into the development of national strategies to promote biodiversity conservation, particularly the National Biodiversity Action Plan; โ€ข work with the Biodiversity Working Group towards the sectoral integration of biodiversity planning; โ€ข improve stakeholder engagement and public awareness and understanding of biodiversity; โ€ข promote North/South co-operation in the context of the island as a single bio-geographical entity; โ€ข provide progress reports and make recommendations to the Minister as appropriate. A new role has been established for a researcher to support these functions.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Research services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Environmental indicators analysis other than for construction ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage
Postal address: Newtown Road
Postal code: Y35 AP90
Postal town: Wexford
Contact
Internet address: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: strategy@housing.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +53 9117551 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-10-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2023-11-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2023-10-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 206-648572
OJ-S issue: 206

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 195 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 195 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 36 months

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender opening date: 2023-11-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 12:30

Contracting authority
Contact
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Ogp
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2023/S 206-648572 (2023-10-20)