For Consultants on all options for fish passage project at Annacotty Weir, on the River Mulkear, Co. Limerick

Tender description

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is the statutory body with the responsibility for the protection, development, and management of the inland fishery resource within the state. As part of their responsibility to manage the fish stocks on the River Mulkear at Annacotty Weir, it is proposed to hire the services of a consulting firm to prepare an options report for fish pass improvement works at the weir, considering all environmental and engineering circumstances that are present at the site upstream and downstream of Annacotty Weir. IFI wishes to appoint consultants to prepare an options report, based on a number of environmental and technical surveys and using a recognised decision matrix, together with a stakeholder decision matrix, present a preferred option for fish pass improvement works at Annacotty Weir. The consultants will also be required to attend meetings with the IFI technical group and public consultation meetings to outline their findings. Following the approval of the preferred option, the consultants will then be required to prepare design, calculations, and drawings of the preferred option. These will be sent to the Department of Environment, Climate and Communication, and OPW for licences and approvals. The consultant will be required to prepare a planning application of the preferred option for Limerick Local Authority, following the granting of planning permission, the consultant will be required to prepare construction drawings and tender documents for the hire of a construction company. The consultant will also be required to assist IFI in the tender assessment and the appointment of the successful construction company. The consultant will then be required to oversee the construction phase of the preferred option and sign off on the completed project. Please see the attached pricing schedule for more information. The design will take account of cost, constructability, maintenance, disturbance, and other structural and ecological implications.