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Research Vessel for Inland Waters

IEIreland · Roscommon

Your path to submission

Deadline: 5 November at 12:00 — 4 days left.
You submit on eTenders Ireland — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
Offer and evidence in: English.
Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.

Compiled automatically from notice and documents — no guarantee; the procedure's wording is binding.

What the buyer is looking for

The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is seeking tenders for a dedicated, enclosed river cruiser-class vessel to serve as a scientific research platform and operational "mothership" on Lough Ree and the River Shannon catchment. Both new and second-hand vessels will be considered. The vessel must feature a maximum air draft of 3.80m, a maximum water draft of 0.82m, a minimum of 5–6 berths across 2 separate cabins, a functional flybridge, and heavy-duty stainless steel davits for tender management. Second-hand options must have under 1,000 certified engine hours and complete service logs.

Contract

BuyerNational Parks and Wildlife

TypeSupplies

Estimated value€200,000

Published9 Oct 2026

ProcedureOpen procedure

Type of service

34 · Transport equipment35 · Security & defence

CPV 34512500 · 34511100 · 34513550 · 34513450 · 35513300

Clement

The Russia sanctions declaration (Art. 5k) comes with nearly every procedure — a formality, but missing it means exclusion.

Selection criteria — via the ESPD

The buyer states in the notice that eligibility is proven through the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD); the concrete requirements are in the tender documents. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in English.

Eligibility analysis from the tender documents

Tender documents — direct download

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Annex 1

Specifications and annexes at the buyer — usually viewable without registration

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Administrative conditions

The full notice, official wording

Contracting authority contact

Email[email protected]

Deadline — Thursday 5 November at 12:00

Tactics

When contracts were awarded in this country and sector, usually about 3 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 2,391 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)

This procedure allows 28 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 876 procedures). A normal window for this market.

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Foreign bidders

In Ireland · Transport equipment, 110 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,614 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, Germany, France.

Submission language: English.

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

How to bid

Read the full notice — Original + documents

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This procedure is published on 2 portals

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TEDNoticeeTenders IrelandSubmission portal

Put together the evidence — in English

Certificates, references and your price — as set out in the notice.

Submit via TED — Tenders Electronic Daily before the deadline

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