Provision of renewable energy marine services related to offshore wind farms acquired, developed or built during the term of the Framework, including Joint Venture or subsidiary developments. ESB plans to develop or acquire the offshore wind farms commencing in 2018, through a pipeline of projects which are currently going through the consenting process. The size of individual projects is expected to range between 200 MW and 500 MW, although some projects could be larger. The location of these initial offshore wind farms is expected to be in the Irish sea. Further information is set out in the Pre-Qualification documentation.

This procurement competition is to establish a framework agreement. ESB is now seeking expressions of interest for the provision of renewable energy marine services related to offshore wind farms acquired, developed or built during the term of the Framework, including Joint Venture or subsidiary developments. ESB plans to develop or acquire the offshore wind farms commencing in 2018, through a pipeline of projects which are currently going through the consenting process. The size of individual projects is expected to range between 200 MW and 500 MW, although some projects could be larger. The location of these initial offshore wind farms is expected to be in the Irish sea. The high level scope of services includes but is not limited to the following:

— Offshore geophysical surveys;

— Geotechnical investigation and sampling;

— Marine Archaeological Survey;

— Source and Deploy Floating Lidar Wind Measurement Buoy;

— Desktop UXO risk assessment and report;

— Site characterisation assessment;

— Ground model development;

— Complete factual and interpretive reporting;

— Risk assessments and method statements development.

Some post construction services during the Wind Farm operational phase may also be included in the scope of this framework. Further information is set out in the Pre-Qualification documentation.