Grand Canal Greenway Phase 2 For Kildare County Council 2026 Tender
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This is a contract notice published by a government body covering construction and works. Bids are invited through an open procedure. Delivery covers Ireland (Europe). It is classified under Climate Adaptation and Engineering and Infrastructure against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords.
This tender procures design and construction of a 7km greenway trail expansion on the Grand Canal in Kildare, Ireland, including widening, resurfacing, new pedestrian bridge, and junction improvements. Bidders should be civil engineering and infrastructure contractors with experience in trail/greenway construction and public works delivery.
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About this tender
Kildare County Council is procuring works for 'Package 1' of Phase 2 of the Grand Canal Greenway. The package covers a 7km section of greenway between Lock 20 and the Shee Bridge Boardwalk on the Grand Canal, and includes the ST02 pedestrian bridge at Lock 18. Works include widening and resurfacing the existing trail, constructing a new pedestrian bridge at the 18th Lock, improving public and private road junctions, improving existing underbridge crossings, improving the Ticknevin road junction, and various ancillary works. The procurement is an open works procedure under Directive 2014/24/EU, classified as above the EU threshold, with an estimated value of EUR 5,500,000. The contract duration is 12 months, including any options and renewals. Tender validity is 180 days. The contract is not awarded in lots, and multiple tenders are not accepted. CPV codes are 45000000 (construction work), 45220000 (engineering works and construction works) and 45221113 (footbridge construction work). The location is NUTS code IE062.
Bidder eligibility
Not disclosed in the notice text. Bidders must associate their company with the competition on the eTenders portal in order to seek and receive clarifications.
How bids are scored
Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT). No price/quality split or individual criterion weightings are disclosed in the notice.
Key requirements
- ✓7km greenway trail widening and resurfacing between Lock 20 and Shee Bridge Boardwalk
- ✓Construction of new pedestrian bridge at Lock 18 (ST02)
- ✓Improvements to public/private road junctions and underbridge crossings
- ✓Ticknevin road junction improvement works
- ✓Ancillary works construction; submissions in zipped file format
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