The contract is for the supply of honeycomb catalyst layers for one 285MWe coal fired boiler at Moneypoint Generating Station. The layers will be installed in a high dust SCR plant. There are two SCR reactors per unit which are situated between the economiser and the airheaters. Each Reactor has three layers of honeycomb catalyst currently installed (Layer 1, 2 and 3), with each Reactor Layer made up of 42 individual catalyst modules comprising a total catalyst volume of approx. 78 m3.

This contract involves the supply of a new replacement catalyst Layer 1, for each of the two Reactors in Moneypoint Unit 2 (total of 84 modules and 156 m3 of catalyst). Also included in the supply is the necessary sealing materials and screens over the catalyst layers. It is proposed to install these two new layers in Unit 2 in Aug 2016.

ESB Moneypoint Generating Station is located in the Shannon estuary in the south west of Ireland, near Kilrush in Co Clare. The site is located on the north bank of the River Shannon, 5 km east of Kilrush. Access is available to the site by road or by sea. The port of Dublin is 265 km distant, the port of Cork is 210 km distant and the port of Limerick is 85 km distant.

Prospective Tenderers will be required to provide on site technical assistance during the installation works which would be completed by a local mechanical contractor. Prospective tenderers must also have the capacity to store the catalyst layers in the event of unit outage dates changing.