BALLYHOURA DEVELOPMENT CLG
PARISH HABITATS AND BIODIVERSITY PROJECT (PHAB)
RFQ FOR CONTRACTED PROVISION OF: AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES
BALLYHOURA DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW
Ballyhoura?Development CLG is the Local Development Company operating
in South and East Co. Limerick and North East Co. Cork, an area with a
population of approx. **Apply on the website**,**Apply on the
website** people, and is a partnership structure of community/
voluntary, social partners, statutory agencies and local government
nominees.
The mission of?Ballyhoura?Development is to work in partnership with
community, voluntary and public sector bodies to develop empowered and
inclusive communities, and to drive positive, sustainable, and
equitable social and economic change.
Ballyhoura Development currently delivers over **Apply on the
website** national and EU programmes, focussing on three key aims of
community development, environmental development, and economic
development.
CONTEXT: PARISH HABITATS AND BIODIVERSITY PROJECT (PHAB)
PHAB is a collaborative project, led by Ballyhoura Development, in
partnership with a number of statutory and local organisations, which
will run until December **Apply on the website** to support farmers to
enhance biodiversity and habitats across Glenroe-Ballyorgan Parish
including within the catchment of the Keale and Ahaphuca Rivers and in
the uplands of Glenroe-Ballyorgan in County Limerick.
This project is funded by the European Innovation Partnership Scheme
(EIP), which supports projects that allow farmers, scientists, and
other experts to collaborate to develop new practices that are
environmentally friendly and economically sustainable.
PHAB will utilise an innovative habitat mapping technology to map the
habitats of Glenroe-Ballyorgan, and the quality of a subsection of the
habitats will be assessed. Farmers will receive training and support
to agree on and implement capital measures to safeguard habitats (both
farmed and not farmed), improve habitat quality, and create new
habitats and biodiversity corridors. The project will also engage the
wider community to increase awareness and understanding of the
importance of biodiversity.
The Parish Habitats and Biodiversity project has five interconnected
aims:
* To increase awareness and involvement of farmers in participative
training, in order to increase their knowledge and to enhance on-farm
biodiversity;
* To map the habitats of Glenroe-Ballyorgan utilising an innovative
habitat mapping technology;
* To assess the quality of a subsection of the habitats as
classified in accordance with the habitat defined in Julie Fossitt's
book, ?A Guide to Habitats in Ireland?;
* To safeguard habitats farmed and not used for farming e.g.,
hedgerows, field margins, riparian margins; to improve their quality;
and to develop new habitats e.g., ponds, wetlands, multi-species
swards, copses, indoor and outdoor bird boxes;
* To enhance and create biodiversity corridors in the community.
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Parish of Glenroe-Ballyorgan, Co. Limerick.
REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS
CONTRACT PURPOSE
Ballyhoura Development is inviting written tenders from competent
individuals, companies or consortia with expertise in biodiversity,
sustainable farming, the agri-environment and associated areas, and
community engagement and participation.
The purpose of the contract is to facilitate at least **Apply on the
website** farmers across Glenroe-Ballyorgan parish to implement
measures agreed collectively between them, the project team, and the
contracted Advisor, that will simultaneously support biodiversity and
farm productivity.
SUMMARY OF WORK TO BE DONE
The Contractor(s) will be required to liaise, and work closely, with
up to **Apply on the website** farmers in the project area, to map out
and agree a range of measures to be implemented on each of the
participating farms, that will support biodiversity, in line with the
EIP project objectives.? The process will involve discussion and
consultations with the target farmers, familiarisation with the
project purpose and objectives, and with the habitats in each farm.?
The Contractor will also work closely with the PHAB Project Manager
and the Operational Group which oversees the project.
PLEASE SEE FULL REQUEST FOR QUOTATION DOCUMENT ATTACHED BELOW
The closing date for receipt of tenders is Friday the **Apply on the
website**th of November, by 5pm. Tenders will be received by EMAIL
ONLY to **Apply on the website**.
We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Others
