The Marine Institute, working in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, wishes to invite tenders for the supply of sampling and testing services relating to the provision of a monitoring programme for Coastal and Transitional Waters to support the requirements of the Water Framework Directive and other related legislation. Marine Environment & Food Safety Services, a service area of the Marine Institute, provides essential scientific advice and a range of marine environmental monitoring services to help ensure Irish seafood products meet approved standards and to ensure that the marine environment is managed in a sustainable manner and protected from pollution.

The Marine Institute, working in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH), wishes to invite tenders for the supply of sampling and testing services relating to the provision of a monitoring programme for Coastal and Transitional Waters to support the requirements of the Water Framework Directive and other related legislation.

Marine Environment & Food Safety Services (MEFS), a service area of the Marine Institute (MI), provides essential scientific advice and a range of marine environmental monitoring services to help ensure Irish seafood products meet approved standards and to ensure that the marine environment is managed in a sustainable manner and protected from pollution.

The Marine Institute invites tenders to this request for tenders from economic operators for the provision of services comprising the outsourcing of sampling and testing services to support a monitoring programme for Coastal and Transitional waters in part fulfilment of the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (“WFD”).