Sample monitoring of FFH habitat types in Saxony-Anhalt, LRT Terrestrial Open Land (5 lots)

The State Office for Environmental Protection in Germany from Europe region had released this tender for 1. Project Context: The investigations serve to assess the conservation status of FFH habitat types and to fulfill the monitoring obligations under Articles 11 and 17 of the Habitats Directive. The data collected will form part of the Member States regular FFH reporting obligations to the EU for the current reporting period from 2025 to 2030. 2. Scope of Services and Division into Lots: The service includes repeat investigations of the conservation status of occurrences of selected FFH habitat types according to state and federal criteria. The occurrences are located within the area of ​​defined study plots (SP) in the state of Saxony-Anhalt: Lot 1 - 1340 • 1340 Inland salt marshes – 5 study plots Lot 2 - 6120 • 6120 Dry calcareous sandy grasslands - 16 study plots Lot 3 - 6430 • 6430 Moist tall herb communities - 12 study plots Lot 4 - 6510 • 6510 Lowland hay meadows - 18 study plots Lot 5 – 7140 and 7150 • 7140 Transitional and floating fens - 5 study plots • 7150 Depressions with peat bog substrates – 1 study plot The lot-specific methodological requirements for processing, including the required partial services and work steps, are set out as Annexes A to E at the end of this service description - all lots. The location and extent of each survey area are included in the tender documents as digital geodata. For data protection reasons, the contracting authority is initially refraining from providing detailed information on the individual survey areas. Potential bidders can obtain this information upon request. The tasks listed in the appendices are an integral part of the specifications and must be completed in full. The mapping regulations and monitoring concepts of the Federal Government and the State of Saxony-Anhalt, as well as the optimal mapping periods specified therein, must be observed. The award of lots is subject to a limit on the number of lots awarded. Accordingly, a maximum of two lots per bidder will be awarded. Bidders may submit bids for one or more lots. If a bidder applies for multiple lots but only wishes to be awarded a specific number of lots not covered by the award limit, this must be explicitly stated in the bid submission. The bidder must establish a continuous ranking in the form of an additional (informal) appendix to the bid. The evaluation will be carried out in the following steps: 1. The most economically advantageous offer will be determined for each lot. 2. If a bidder has submitted the most economically advantageous offer for more lots than they can be awarded due to the lot limitation, the ranking communicated by the bidder will determine which lot they are awarded. 3. For the lots for which this bidder is not awarded due to the lot limitation,The bid with the second-highest economic value will be awarded the contract, provided that bidder has not already exhausted their quota according to the lot limitation, and so on. The latter also applies if the bidder has indicated a higher priority for a "newly available" lot than for the lots awarded to them in the first round. 4. If lots cannot be awarded due to an insufficient number of remaining bidders, the contracting authority may lift the lot limitation. Consequently, a bidder may be allocated more than three lots. Only those bidders who have also applied for the remaining lots are eligible for this redistribution of lots. The allocation is carried out according to points 1 to 3 above. Should a bidder decline to participate in this redistribution, they must expressly state this with their bid. with tender notice no. 715200-2026 published on 16 Oct 2026. The tender expired on 30 Oct 2026. This tender is sourced from TED Europa and is eligible for suppliers interested in Environmental monitoring other than for construction, Environmental information systems, Pollution-monitoring devices, Contamination-monitoring devices, Environmental monitoring for construction. Interested bidders can obtain further information including complete bid documents or ways to participate by registering on Tender Impulse and referencing via Tender Impulse ID 15599044.