NAVIGATION RISK ASSESSMENT – PROPOSED STRATEGIC GAS EMERGENCY RESERVE – CAHIRACON POINT – SHANNON ESTUARY
Details
- Topic
- Navigation services
- Published
- 20 July 2026
- Submission
- 12 August 2026
- Source
- ie:e_tenders
Tender description
In late 2025, Cahiracon Point, Co. Clare was selected by Gas Network Ireland as the preferred site for a proposed National Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve (SGER). The SGER will involve the construction of a new berth with Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) being imported and stored on board a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) to be moored at the berth. Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC), the Contracting Entity is the Statutory Port Authority for the navigable waters of the Shannon Estuary and as such is seeking to engage in a competitive process with suitability qualified economic operators to conduct a Navigational Risk Assessment associated with the Proposed Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve at Cahircon Point in the Shannon Estuary. Further information can be found in the tender document provided.
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published20 July 2026Current notice
- Completed: Submission date12 August 2026
About the buyer
Shannon Foynes Port Company holds statutory jurisdiction over marine activities across a 500 square kilometre stretch of the Shannon Estuary, stretching from Loop Head to Limerick city. Public tenders are advertised through Ireland's eTenders portal. Larger contracts are also notified through the EU's Tenders Electronic Daily service. Smaller schemes sometimes open first as an expression-of-interest tender, as with the Limerick to Foynes rail project. A Board of Directors and executive management team oversee the company's capital and commercial programmes. The port carries Tier 1 status under the National Ports Policy and sits on the EU's core TEN-T network.
€29.5bn was the estimated value of contracts awarded across the Irish public sector in 2025.
Over the past 5 years, most of Shannon Foynes Port Company's contract awards have been in software and information systems.
Relevant CPV codes
- 63724000 · Navigation services
- 73112000 · Marine research services
- 90711100 · Risk or hazard assessment other than for construction
- 90712300 · Marine conservation strategy planning
- 98360000 · Marine services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@shannon-foynes-port-company.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@shannon-foynes-port-company.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@shannon-foynes-port-company.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@shannon-foynes-port-company.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@shannon-foynes-port-company.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@shannon-foynes-port-company.gov |
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