Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage

Provision of scientific, technical and management services for delivery of a Fen Restoration project as part of the Tóchar Midlands Wetland Restoration Scheme, in a distinct area comprising all of counties Westmeath, Longford, Roscommon, Laois, and Offaly and parts of Galway, Kildare and Tipperary. This project is co-funded by the EU under the EU Just Transition Fund. More information available on our website www.tocharwetlands.ie In summary the objectives of this Fen Restoration Project are as follows: • Provision of Fen Restoration or Conservation Plans for a total of thirty-six sites across 1,472 hectares. • Implementation of restoration measures/actions on fen sites. • Build capacity and visibility of fen restoration techniques. The tenderer shall provide information to demonstrate their knowledge and practical experience of ecology, wetland, peatland and fen habitats, hydrology of wetland ecosystems, design of restoration measures, project management and procurement

Tóchar Midlands Wetland Restoration seeks proposals for the provision of services to develop, implement and monitor a restoration plan for Pollardstown Fen SAC. The contract is for 22 months from March 2025 to December 2026. Pollardstown Fen is an extended wetland complex, located close to Newbridge, within the Curragh sand and gravel aquifer, in County Kildare. Pollardstown Fen is the largest (226 hectares) calcareous spring-fed fen in Ireland. It is a Statutory Nature Reserve under the Wildlife Act 1976, is registered under the international Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, a Special Area of Conservation (SAC 000396) under the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), a ‘Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystem’ under the EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) and a European Council Biogenetic Reserve. The aim of this project is to set out proposals for restoration of fen and associated habitats at Pollardstown Fen SAC (0000396), to implement measures and monitor their effectiveness....

Provision of scientific, technical and management services for delivery of a Fen Restoration project as part of the Tóchar Midlands Wetland Restoration Scheme, in a distinct area comprising all of counties Westmeath, Longford, Roscommon, Laois, and Offaly and parts of Galway, Kildare and Tipperary. This project is co-funded by the EU under the EU Just Transition Fund. More information available on our website www.tocharwetlands.ie In summary the objectives of this Fen Restoration Project are as follows: • Provision of Fen Restoration or Conservation Plans for a total of thirty-six sites across 1,472 hectares. • Implementation of restoration measures/actions on fen sites. • Build capacity and visibility of fen restoration techniques. The tenderer shall provide information to demonstrate their knowledge and practical experience of ecology, wetland, peatland and fen habitats, hydrology of wetland ecosystems, design of restoration measures, project management and procurement

The purpose of this RFT is to appoint a service provider to support the function of the Forum. The services required include but are not limited to: Research and reporting on national and international policy developments and their implications for biodiversity in Ireland and the implementation of the NBAP Coordinating and communicating responses and recommendations from the Forum; Engagement with stakeholders through focus groups, interviews, workshops etc. with representatives of areas such as farming, fishing and aquaculture, forestry, business tech, finance, retail, food, construction, extraction, eNGO, communities, youth, education and academia primary, secondary, tertiary

Maintenance and servicing of dive related equipment, Dive equipment maintenance, storage, handling, packing, checking and certifying and maintaining the NMS's Inventory of Dive Equipment including asset management and tagging, Management of all required paperwork, and generation of SOP’s for dive equipment Mobilisation and demobilisation of the equipment before and after dive projects, Deliver the NMS annual dive training, devise training programme, Dive supervision for NMS diving projects