Closed tender

Contract for services for LIFE on Machair for Nest Protection Officers x 3 positions.

Details

Value
€350,000
Topic
Environmental services
Published
3 March 2026
Submission
10 April 2026

Tender description

The LIFE on Machair Project of Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, is looking for suitable person to protect breeding waders on machair habitat, through the Nest Protection Officer (NPO/Predation Risk Management) role. This CFT relates to Nest Protection in the three different operational areas of Lot 1. Donegal, Lot 2. North Mayo and Achill, and Lot 3. South Mayo and Connemara. The aim of the nest protection programme is to minimise predation of wader eggs and chicks to thus facilitate the maintenance and recovery of breeding wader populations in project sites.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published3 March 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date10 April 2026

About the buyer

The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage sets national policy on housing, planning and heritage, and buys through its own procurement team. Current tender competitions are published on the eTenders website, Ireland's national procurement platform. Frameworks, live contracts and guidance come from the Office of Government Procurement. Procurement rules follow the National Public Procurement Policy Framework and EU directives. Awarded public contracts are published under the Freedom of Information Publication Scheme. The department's procurement processes aim to deliver value for money for works, goods and services.

€29.5bn was the estimated value of contracts awarded across the Irish public sector in 2025.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage's contract awards have been in waste, cleaning and environmental services, architectural and engineering services and agricultural and horticultural services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 90700000 · Environmental services
  • 90720000 · Environmental protection
  • 90721100 · Landscape protection services
  • 90722000 · Environmental rehabilitation

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