Multi-Party Framework for Port Hydrographic Survey Works

Verified opportunity overview

Dublin Port Company is procuring this scope: DPC intends to establish a multi-party framework for Port Hydrographic Survey Works, to: a. provide hydrographic, geophysical, and associated marine survey services across DPC’s operational and capital programme requirements; b. support DPC in fulfilling…. The official procurement workspace remains the controlling source for supplier decisions and current documents.

Current status and key dates

The opportunity lifecycle is open. The controlling submission deadline is 20 October 2026, 12:00 Europe/Dublin; status must be reopened before any later publication or supplier action.

Scope and deliverables

DPC intends to establish a multi-party framework for Port Hydrographic Survey Works, to: a. provide hydrographic, geophysical, and associated marine survey services across DPC’s operational and capital programme requirements; b. support DPC in fulfilling its statutory duties as a client in respect of health and safety coordination during the design process, across a range of civil, structural, marine, building and infrastructure projects throughout the framework term. Framework Members shall be capable of providing, as a minimum, the following survey services whether in-house or through an approved consortium: DPC requires firms with strong health and safety design coordination experience across a range of construction project types, including civil engineering, marine structures, port infrastructure, buildings, and utilities works. A. Core Survey Services Non-Exhaustive The required expertise includes, but is not limited to: • Multi-Beam EchoSounder MBES monitoring surveys of all navigation channels, berth facilities, docks, and anchorage areas; • MBES measurement surveys in association with capital and maintenance dredging works, including pre-, interim, and post-dredge surveys; • Assessment of seabed characteristic information from backscatter returns where MBES equipment is used; • Single-Beam EchoSounder SBES monitoring surveys where required, particularly at Dundalk Port and in shallow areas; • Assistance with archaeological and obstruction identification, including geophysical, magnetometer, side scan sonar SSS, and drop-down video DDV services; • Acquisition of intertidal areas and adjacent structures using LIDAR-based methods; • Establishment of new and existing berth fender lines and quay features; • Calibration and validation of port tide gauges and tide boards; • Establishment and/or validation of temporary benchmarks; • Provision of post-processing, quality control, and data management, including delivery of survey data in agreed formats XYZ, LAS, CARIS, PDF, and other formats as required; • Preparation of survey reports, cross-sections, contour plots, and comparison overlays to DPC’s requirements. • Professional indemnity, marine liability, and other insurances in the amounts required under the Framework Agreement. B. Additional Services In addition to the core survey services set out above, DPC may require Framework Members to provide the following additional services under individual call-off contracts: Additional services may include non-exhaustive: • Sub-bottom profiling surveys; • Wreck investigation and obstruction surveys; • Geotechnical sampling support positioning and data integration; • Assistance with environmental monitoring surveys suspended sediment, turbidity, etc.; • GNSS/RTK control network establishment and verification; BIM and GIS integration and delivery of survey data to DPC’s asset management systems. Candidates should note that this list is non-exhaustive, and the successful tenderer may be required to provide other survey services as requested by DPC during the Framework. Important: DPC seeks only Candidates capable of delivering all core services listed in Section 3.1A, whether in-house or through a consortium/grouping. Applications limited to one or more survey types only may be rejected. This description is deliberately bounded to what the official public workspace states and does not extend unstated deliverables.

Lots and contract structure

Refer to the current official procurement documents. Complete lot schedules, quantities, specifications and allocation mechanics remain within the live procurement documents.

Supplier requirements

Refer to the current official procurement documents. Suppliers must use the official documents rather than this research brief to determine eligibility and compliance.

Submission and award method

The official procedure is Negotiated with prior call for competition. The submission deadline is 20 October 2026, 12:00 Europe/Dublin. The evaluation mechanism is Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT). The workspace identifies directive 2014/25/EU (Utilities). The workspace marks the procurement as above threshold. The clarification deadline is 9 October 2026, 12:00 Europe/Dublin. Tender opening is stated as 20 October 2026, 12:30 Europe/Dublin. An online expression of interest is required. Multiple tenders are not accepted. Tender validity is 180 days. These are current official submission mechanics; the procurement documents remain authoritative for response forms and eligibility.

Value explanation

The displayed value is EUR 2,000,000. An estimate is not guaranteed expenditure, supplier revenue, call-off volume or realised award value.

Amendments and status history

The public workspace should be checked for later clarifications, deadline changes, document replacements, cancellations, awards and other status notices before acting.

Supplier relevance

Relevant to suppliers with evidenced capability to deliver the Multi-Party Framework for Port Hydrographic Survey Works scope for Dublin Port Company under official eTenders resource 9096661. Relevance does not establish eligibility, capacity, selection or likely award for any specific supplier.

Procurement data limitations and missing details

EUR 2,000,000 is the official estimated value, not guaranteed expenditure, award value or supplier revenue. This procurement does not prove supplier appointment, contract award, delivery, implementation or realised benefits. Missing facts are preserved as unknowns and are not inferred from comparable procurements, market prices or supplier assumptions.

Official sources and verification history

Primary evidence is the official procurement source at https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=9096661, checked on 20 September 2026. The current official documents remain authoritative.