ID 5850812 - DEARA - Forest Service - Wind Energy - Pre Market Engagement

***PRE-MARKET ENGAGEMENT EXERCISE*** ***PLEASE NOTE: The Pre-Market

Engagement Questionnaire can be accessed in the Cft Documents area***

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs through the Forest Service

presents this opportunity for wind energy developers to engage in the assessment of forest

areas on its estate, which are of interest to the sector for future wind energy generation. This

opportunity recognises the potential for Forest Service forests to contribute to meeting the

requirement for 80 per cent electricity consumption from renewable sources by 2030, as set out in

the Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022. This exercise aims to gather information from the wind energy sector on the forest areas that have the greatest potential to

contribute to wind energy generation and should be considered for development. Responses

from the wind energy sector will inform the Forest Service approach to the market

opportunity and any subsequent, competitive procurement processes. This exercise is being

used to determine the potential for any possible future contracts and their estimated value.

Input from the renewable energy sector will provide a service to Forest Service in order to

inform an approach to any subsequent go to market opportunity. This market sounding does

not guarantee the commencement of a commercial competition resulting in monetary

income or future outlay. **PLEASE NOTE: ALL COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES MUST BE

SUBMITTED VIA THE MESSAGING FUNCTION on eTendersNI, BEFORE 15:00 on the date

specified below under 'Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate'.