Historic Mines Services 2026

Historic Mines Services 2026

Department of Climate Energy and the Environment

## Summary The Department of Climate Energy and the Environment is procuring Historic Mines Services 2026, a contract worth €1,875,000 (excl. VAT) over 6 years. The services comprise three lots: monitoring of historic mine sites, critical failure assessment for tailings management facilities, and physical risk inventory.

## Scope & Deliverables - Lot 1: Monitoring of two historic mine sites, including environmental, geotechnical, and geoheritage monitoring. - Lot 2: Critical Failure Assessment for two tailings management facilities, including dam breach analysis and emergency preparedness planning. - Lot 3: Physical risk inventory for approximately 138 historic mine sites nationwide.

## Key Requirements - Eligibility: Economic operators with the necessary technical expertise and experience in environmental and geotechnical monitoring, critical failure assessment, and physical risk inventory. - Qualifications: Tenderers must demonstrate their ability to meet the requirements of each lot. - Certifications/Experience: Not specified.

## Commercials & Timeline - Estimated value: €1,875,000 (excl. VAT) over 6 years. - Submission deadline: Friday, September 11, 2026, at 15:00 IST. - Contract duration: 6 years, with possible extensions of up to 2 years for Lot 1 and 1 year for Lots 2 and 3.

## How to Bid - Submission method: Electronic via etenders.gov.ie. - Languages accepted: English. - Key documents to prepare: + Tender submission form. + Pricing schedule. + Tenderer's statement. + Declaration as to personal circumstances of tenderer. + Services contract.

## Bid Considerations - This opportunity suits companies with experience in environmental and geotechnical monitoring, critical failure assessment, and physical risk inventory. - Opportunities: Encouragement for SMEs to participate and form relationships with larger enterprises to maximize social and economic benefits. - Risks: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to cancel the competition or individual lots at any time prior to a formal written contract being executed.

Open procedure. Any interested supplier may submit a tender. There is no shortlisting stage — all compliant bids received by the deadline are evaluated against the published award criteria. It is the most common route for Irish public contracts and is open to SMEs and new entrants.

Department of Climate Energy and the Environment has 21 tender(s) tracked on TenderScout, of which 5 are currently open. On the EU TED record this buyer has awarded 46 contract(s) worth around €22,237,368.

Recent awarded suppliers include Partrac, Trabajos Catastrales S.A.U (Tracasa Global), Community Foundation Ireland, ESRI Ireland, Marina Marketing and Management Ltd..