Request for Tenders dated 01/10/2026 for the provision of maintenance services for Met Eireann’s environmental monitoring instrumentation and related infrastructure at Bray Head, Valentia Island
The contract covers maintenance and technical support services for Met Éireann’s environmental monitoring instrumentation and related infrastructure at its Bray Head facility on Valentia Island. Met Éireann is Ireland’s national meteorological service and operates atmospheric composition, climate change, and national environmental monitoring infrastructure linked to international programmes including Global Atmosphere Watch, EMEP, ICOS, and greenhouse-gas and short-lived climate-forcer monitoring. The supplier will provide support services, data validation, calibration, and maintenance for monitoring instruments and associated data streams used to measure atmospheric gases and aerosols, support emissions verification, and inform national emissions inventories and projections. The estimated contract value is £850,000, although the available tender information does not state the contract duration or service timeframe. Delivery is required in Ireland, specifically at Bray Head on Valentia Island. The critical qualification requirement is the demonstrated technical capability to calibrate, maintain, validate, and support environmental monitoring instrumentation and its associated data systems within this specialised monitoring environment.
Buyer: Met Eireann. Source: eTenders Ireland. Updated 30 Sept 2026.
Key facts
- Estimated value: €850k
- Bids close: 6 Nov 2026
- Location: Ireland
- Procedure: Open
- Category: Installation services (except software) (51000000)
From the official notice
Met Éireann has committed significant resources to its programmes that support Ireland’s Atmospheric Composition and Climate Change (AC3) network and national research and monitoring infrastructure. These resources include buildings, equipment and staff that espouse international coordinated programmes which include; the Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Programme, the “European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme” (EMEP), Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) and GHG emissions and Short Lived Climate Forcers (SLCF) monitoring. These programmes have developed incrementally and have adhered to best practice from pan-European and global monitoring programmes. Details of some of these programmes are included in Appendix 1 of the RFT. Met Éireann has a dedicated facility at Bray Head on Valentia Island, which is shortly to be verified as an ICOS Class 2 site, which hosts monitoring equipment for monitoring atmospheric gases and aerosols. The data can also be used for emissions verification, through an inverse modelling process, of greenhouse gases and pollutants and facilitate the calculation of Ireland’s emissions and Ireland’s greenhouse gas inventories and projections. The tender relates to the provision of support services, data validation, calibration and maintenance for some of the instrumentation and associated data streams.
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Questions about this tender
When is the deadline?
Bids close on 6 Nov 2026.
What is it worth?
The estimated value is €850k.
Who can apply?
Any supplier that meets the buyer's requirements can apply. Check the official notice for conditions.
How do I bid?
Open the official notice, register on the buyer's portal and submit your bid before the deadline.
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