Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2024-12-02
Buyer: Orsted Onshore Ireland Holdings Limited
Country: IE
Region: IE052
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 71311100 | 71314300: Energy-efficiency consultancy services | 71317210 | 71318000: Lighting engineering services | 71322000: Civil engineering design services
Estimated value: 20500000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2025-01-24

Technical requirements: The Contracting Entity is seeking to award Framework Agreements for each of the four (4) Lots set out below, under which the Contracting Entity may make call-offs for the provision of certain onshore energy consultancy services (as set out below). The Framework Agreements will be entered into by Orsted Onshore Ireland Midco Limited; however, Applicants are advised that call-offs for consultancy services may be made by any Contracting Entity. Applicants may submit an Application for one or more Lots B-E. Lot B: Provision of planning consultancy services for onshore wind projects in the Republic of Ireland Lot C: Provision of ecology consultancy services for onshore wind projects in the Republic of Ireland Lot D: Provision of planning and ecology consultancy services for solar projects in the Republic of Ireland Lot E: Provision of planning and ecology consultancy services for BESS projects in the Republic of Ireland
This Lot B is for services relating to environmental impact assessment reports (EIAR) for wind farms and related grid routes and turbine delivery routes in the Republic of Ireland. The services required can include preparation, project management and submission of a fully compliant EIAR, planning application and supporting documents to the relevant consenting authority. The services can further include coordinating the development design and planning application, along with managing external consultants who contribute to various chapters within the EIAR. A variety of surveys are included in the scope of an EIAR tender such as noise, shadow flicker, landscape and visual, archaeology, hydrology etc. Grid services can also be required, with substation design and grid route assessments to be completed.
This Lot C is for ecology and ornithology surveys for early-stage greenfield assessments along with Natura Impact Statement (NIS), Biodiversity, Aquatic Ecology and Ornithology chapter write-ups for environmental impact assessment reports (EIAR) for onshore wind projects in the Republic of Ireland. Surveys may include breeding and wintering bird surveys, habitat surveys, mammal surveys, bat surveys and aquatic surveys. These surveys are used to inform ecological impact assessments (EcIA), to form part of EIARs to be submitted to the planning authority as part of planning applications. Surveys will determine baseline conditions at the proposed site, prior to any development taking place. The surveys take place over a period of 24 months
This Lot D is for the ecology and planning services that are required to be carried out to inform the location and appropriate design of solar projects and associated grid routes in the Republic of Ireland, as well as the compilation and submission of associated planning appli-cations. Required surveys and reports would include (without limitation) ecology surveys, flood risk, glint and glare, landscape and visual, and archaeology.
This Lot E is for the ecology and planning services that are required to be carried out to inform the location and appropriate design of battery energy storage projects and associated grid routes in the Republic of Ireland, as well as the compilation and submission of associated planning applications. Required surveys and reports would include (without limitation) ecology surveys, noise surveys and environmental reports.