Electricity Supply Board (‘ESB’), the Contracting Entity, has published a Contract Notice in the OJEU, and the eTenders website regarding a Qualification System for  Offshore Wind Resource and Metocean  Measurement Campaigns on sites off the coast of Ireland and the UK. The wind measurement and metocean data will be utilized to (i) enable  offshore structures to be designed against both extreme and fatigue loading conditions as observed on site (ii) to enable installation and O&M contractors to plan onsite operations and (iii) to inform on turbine and installation vessel selection.