Scope
Reference
ID 5962612
Description
The Mourne Wildfire Recovery Group and the Department of Agriculture Environment and
Rural Affairs (DAERA) is seeking to appoint an experienced, competent, and suitably qualified wildfire expert or consortium of experts to develop three comprehensive wildfire management plans and other wildfire related work across the Eastern and Western Mournes, the Antrim Hills and Cairn / Glenshane Pass. Please refer to the specification document for full details of requirements.
Contract 1. ID 5962612 - NIEA Eastern Mournes Wildfire Recovery Project
Supplier
Contract value
- £605,000 excluding VAT
- £725,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Award decision date
6 January 2026
Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers
6 January 2026
Standstill period
- End: 15 January 2026
- 8 working days
Earliest date the contract will be signed
16 January 2026
Contract dates (estimated)
- 19 January 2026 to 18 January 2028
- Possible extension to 18 January 2029
- 3 years
Description of possible extension:
There is an optional extension period, anything up to 12-months contingency to allow for
delays.
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 77200000 - Forestry services
- 77300000 - Horticultural services
- 90700000 - Environmental services
- 90711000 - Environmental impact assessment other than for construction
- 90711100 - Risk or hazard assessment other than for construction
- 90711200 - Environmental standards other than for construction
- 90711300 - Environmental indicators analysis other than for construction
- 90711400 - Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction
- 90711500 - Environmental monitoring other than for construction
- 90712200 - Forest conservation strategy planning
- 90715000 - Pollution investigation services
- 90715270 - Recycling plant site investigation
- 90721000 - Environmental safety services
- 90721100 - Landscape protection services
- 90721800 - Natural risks or hazards protection services
- 90722000 - Environmental rehabilitation
Information about tenders
- 1 tender received
- 1 tender assessed in the final stage:
- 1 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- 0 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
- 1 supplier awarded contracts
- 0 suppliers unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)
Procedure
Procedure type
Open procedure
Supplier
FUNDACIO PAU COSTA
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PNJM-1954-ZHNN
AV. MOSSEN CINTO VERDAGUER, 42 - ESC A. BXS. 2
TARADELL
08552
Spain
Telephone: +34677178666
Email: info@paucostafoundation.org
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Supported employment provider: No
Public service mutual: No
Contract 1. ID 5962612 - NIEA Eastern Mournes Wildfire Recovery Project
Contracting authority
Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PWCP-2929-NDNR
Clare House, 303 Airport Road West
Belfast
BT3 9ED
United Kingdom
Region: UKN06 - Belfast
Organisation type: Public authority - central government
Devolved regulations that apply: Northern Ireland
Other organisation
These organisations are carrying out the procurement, or part of it, on behalf of the contracting authorities.
CPD - Supplies & Services Division
Summary of their role in this procurement: Construction and Procurement Delivery - Supplies and Services Division, is a Centre of Procurement Expertise and provides a central procurement function for central government in Northern Ireland
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PVWG-8426-YWXV
Clare House, 303 Airport Road West
Belfast
BT3 9ED
United Kingdom
Region: UKN06 - Belfast