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Pairc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí and Blasket Islands – Bird Surveys

Details

Buyer: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Value: €130,000
Topic: Survey services
Published: 30 October 2026
Submission: 26 November 2026in 4 weeks
Source: ie:e_tenders

Tender description

The NPWS now wish to commission a comprehensive work programme to include planning, design and completion of a suite of site-specific bird surveys within the main terrestrial habitats in Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí – namely NPWS lands at Inch, Mountain Brandon Uplands and Owenmore valley, [and the Blasket Islands], as well as in suitable ‘control locations’. All species other than seabirds are of interest, including but not limited to, any Qualifying Interests listed on overlapping SPAs, e.g., Peregrine, Chough, and wintering waders and waterfowl. Tenders are sought for the design, planning and implementation of such surveys which are required to be of sufficient scope and standards to meet the requirements laid out in this request for tender.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published30 October 2026
Current notice
Next: Submission date26 November 2026in 4 weeks

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. 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.

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.