An Area Monitoring System Service

An Area Monitoring System Service

Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine

## Summary The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is issuing a tender for an Area Monitoring System Service, which involves providing a digital mapping service to track and assess agricultural activities and practices on agricultural areas. The estimated value of the contract is €8,000,000 and the contract duration is 48 months.

## Scope & Deliverables * Supply an Area Monitoring System (AMS) Service within the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine * Provide a digital mapping system that can deliver the obligations of Article 70 of Regulation 2021/2116 * Track and assess agricultural activities and practices on agricultural areas using Copernicus Sentinels satellite data or equivalent data * Accommodate the needs of the Area Monitoring and Land Systems Division

## Key Requirements * Eligibility: Vendors must be registered on the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) * Qualifications: Vendors must possess expertise to provide an AMS solution * Certifications: Not stated * Experience: Not stated

## Commercials & Timeline * Estimated value: €8,000,000 * Submission deadline: 30 September 2026, 17:00 IST * Contract duration: 48 months * Framework/DPS: No framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

## How to Bid * Submission method: Electronic submission required * Languages: English * Key documents to prepare: Procurement documents available on etenders.gov.ie

## Bid Considerations * This tender may suit vendors with experience in digital mapping services and geographic information systems (GIS). * Opportunities: The contract has an estimated value of €8,000,000 and a duration of 48 months. * Risks: Vendors must ensure they meet the eligibility and qualification requirements, and that their proposal meets the needs of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

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 Agriculture Food and the Marine has 28 tender(s) tracked on TenderScout, of which 4 are currently open. On the EU TED record this buyer has awarded 110 contract(s) worth around €26,959,789.

Recent awarded suppliers include Lennox Supplies Ltd, Celtic Diagnostics Ltd, Chameleon Colour Systems, Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Peter Kelly.