Contract for Service to develop a nature restoration framework, ensuring complementarity with existing land use programmes, including the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP)

The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is procuring services to develop a nature restoration framework that explores a predominantly state-funded approach administered outside of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The contractor will evaluate how to design, structure, and administer the framework to ensure additionality and complementarity with the Common Agricultural Policy 2028–2034 and other national funding streams, while supporting seamless delivery for landowners and safeguarding funding accountability. The open tender has an estimated value of €55,000, with proposals due by 2 November 2026.