Tenders/Marine Civil Engineering Consultancy Services with Financial Services Specialist for Appraisal Stage and Stage 1 to address Wave Resonance and Seiching, Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre

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Marine Civil Engineering Consultancy Services with Financial Services Specialist for Appraisal Stage and Stage 1 to address Wave Resonance and Seiching, Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre

Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine

Published: Oct 20, 2026

Updated: Oct 20, 2026

Source: eTenders - Ireland Public Procurement

About This Opportunity

This is a consulting contract in the architecture and engineering, agriculture and food security and environment and climate sectors, with a focus on Coastal Marine. Located in Ireland, Europe, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums.

Published through eTenders - Ireland Public Procurement, a national government procurement portal. Public procurement tenders follow the country's national bidding regulations and may have specific eligibility and documentation requirements for consulting in the architecture and engineering sector. Consulting assignments are typically evaluated with a strong emphasis on the technical proposal, including the methodology and qualifications of key experts. Shortlisted firms may be invited to submit financial proposals in a second stage. Interested parties should review the full documentation on the original source before submitting their proposal.

Description

The Marine Engineering Division (MED) of the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) require the services of a Marine Civil Engineering Consultancy to deliver the Appraisal Stage and Stage 1 services only for a proposal to address wave resonance and seiching at Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre (FHC). The Consultant will be required to engage the services of a specialist infrastructure business consultant to undertake the financial and economic appraisal aspects of this commission. A suitably qualified Quantity Surveyor (QS) is also required as part of the team to prepare robust costs estimates, including life cycle costs (as required by Circular 17/25), in accordance with the International Cost Management Standards 3 (ICMS3), as mandated by the Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF). DAFM has already completed extensive preparatory work including computational modelling, site investigations, engineering designs, and cost estimations for a long-list and shortlist of options to address the problematic wave dynamics in the harbour. The successful Consultant shall be required to review all existing data in advance of commencing their work. The objective of this commission is to ensure the following:  Full compliance with the Infrastructure Guidelines by undertaking the Strategic Assessment before the development of a full Preliminary Business Case  Upon approval of the Strategic Assessment, prepare the Preliminary Business Case for full and formal Approval-in-Principle i.e. progression through Approval Gate 1  Upon approval, preparation of the Stage 1 reports per Guidance Note 1.2 of the Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF) culminating in the preparation of the Definitive Project Brief that will form the basis for Stage ii Detailed Design (not part of this commission)  Engage with key stakeholders during all stages of the commission and ensure their views are fully considered in the development of the reports

Data provenance

This notice is sourced from eTenders - Ireland Public Procurement and was originally published on October 20, 2026. Last refreshed today. BidsFactory mirrors official procurement notices and links back to the source for full legal text.

About Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine

Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine has issued 389 procurement notices on BidsFactory, including 12 currently open and 334 awarded contracts. Activity concentrates in Construction & Civil Works, Architecture & Engineering Services, and Agriculture & Food Security. All notices are published for Ireland. Notices are distributed via ireland_etenders_csv, eTenders - Ireland Public Procurement, and TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (EU). Most recent publication: October 20, 2026.

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