Assistant Keeper role for the systematic control of nest predators in and within the vicinity of the Slieve Bloom Mountains Nature Reserve during the 2026 breeding season of the Hen Harrier

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.