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Awarded contract
Published 27 Aug 2026

Provision of Marine Surveys for Biological Data Collection within the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan

Department of Climate Energy and the Environment · Ireland

Key facts

Awarded
24 Aug 2026
Contract starts
24 Aug 2026
Contract ends
24 Aug 2029
Procedure
Open procedure
Buyer type
Utilities & transport

Awarded to 3 suppliers

SupplierValue
APEM Limited—
ECOS Estudios Ambientales y Oceanografía SL—
Ocean Ecology Limited—

Description

The Minister for the Climate, Energy and the Environment (DCEE) invites interested parties to submit responses to this request for tender for a desktop study for best practice methodology for characterising the migratory patterns of for birds (waterbirds and seabirds, passerine birds), digital aerial surveys for birds and marine mammals, benthic habitat survey over the SC-DMAP area and environs as specified within each lot. The SC-DMAP is situated off the coast of County Cork, Waterford and Wexford. As part of a new plan-led regime, the offshore wind Phase Two policy approved by Government in March 2023 requires that all future offshore renewable energy developments in Ireland will take place within Designated Maritime Area Plans (DMAPs), which will be established according to provisions in the Maritime Area Planning Act, 2021. Specifically, all future developments will take place at specific sites within DMAPs that have been identified for this purpose by Government. In October 2024, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications made the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan for Offshore Renewable Energy (SC DMAP), following the approval of both Houses of the Oireachtas. The first offshore wind project with a capacity of approximately 900MW will take place in Tonn Nua and will aim for deployment by 2030.

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