Research Exchange

Provide multidisciplinary feasibility, business planning and development consultancy for the proposed Tuam Creative Technologies Hub. Assess three potential sites comparatively, then evaluate one selected site in detail; undertake market, stakeholder and community engagement, financial and governance work, funding strategy, and prepare promotional materials, reports and recommendations.

Provide ArcGIS Online Desktop and Mobile licences and associated maintenance. Ensure uninterrupted operation of the Department’s ArcGIS environment and continued availability of all associated licences and entitlements.

Collect data from Women in Finance Charter members, analyse the data and produce an annual report for each of three consecutive years.

Assess plug-in solar technologies to identify how they can be safely introduced and support an accelerated pathway for adoption in Ireland.

Appoint a multidisciplinary team to develop an Integrated Spatial Framework and Delivery Plan for Dublin City Taskforce Area, focusing on the North Inner City. Establish a long-term regeneration vision and coordinated roadmap to align investment, support place-making and advance major redevelopment projects.

Supply an automated immunoassay and allergy analytical platform for St James’s Hospital’s Immunology Laboratory. It will support autoantibody and allergen testing for diagnosis, monitoring and treatment planning for adult and paediatric patients.

Supply, deliver, install, commission, calibrate and validate a high-performance X-ray diffractometer for UCC. It must support high-resolution rocking curves, omega-2Theta scans, semiconductor reciprocal space mapping, Bragg-Brentano powder analysis and reflectivity measurements, with an X-ray array camera, analysis software and environmental chamber capable of at least 1100°C.

Supply up to three battery-powered multi-modal remotely operated vehicles and accessories for the Irish Defence Forces. The ROVs are primarily for maritime explosive ordnance disposal, with applications in search and recovery, mine countermeasures and critical infrastructure protection; operational depth must be at least 300 m. Deliver DAP to Naval Base, Haulbowline, County Cork; the authority retains an option to purchase a third unit.

Supply one gravimeter capable of measuring relative gravity to less than 5 microGals.

Review the tidal access restriction on the approach to Machaire Rabhartaigh Harbour and assess whether it can be removed without adverse effects on coastal morphology, to create a channel 3–4 m deep below Chart Datum. The consultant must have environmental and marine engineering expertise and a strong coastal morphology background.