Planning

Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5 ("Round 5")

THE CROWN ESTATE

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Planning

07 Dec 2023 at 07:10

Summary of the contracting process

The Crown Estate, as the buying organisation, is planning the Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5. This tender falls under the services category, specifically for offshore installation services, and aims to award seabed rights for wind farm development. The tender process involves an application process for seabed rights, comprising a PQQ and ITT stages. The Bidders Day for Round 5 is scheduled on 31 January 2024 in Swansea, Wales, and suppliers can register interest via The Crown Estate's e-tendering portal. The future notice date for this opportunity is 28 February 2024.

The Celtic Sea Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5 tender, conducted by The Crown Estate, presents opportunities for businesses in the electricity and wind turbine industries. Companies specializing in offshore installation services and wind farm development would be well-suited to compete in this procurement process. The competitive tender process involving three individual seabed agreements for floating offshore wind farms offers a gateway to business growth for successful bidders aiming to secure rights for up to 4.5GW of wind farm development in the Celtic Sea area.

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Notice Title

Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5 ("Round 5")

Notice Description

This is a services concession contract. The Crown Estate, as managers of the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, is seeking to award seabed rights to prospective developers of floating offshore wind farms in the Celtic Sea as part of its Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5 ("Round 5"). Round 5 aims to deliver up to 4.5GW of new seabed rights, across three project development areas. These rights will be governed by three individual seabed 'agreements for lease', which will be awarded to three successful bidders through a competitive tender process. Holders of the agreements for lease will acquire the rights necessary to develop floating offshore wind farms and will ultimately enter into leases with The Crown Estate for the construction and operation of these wind farms. Further information is included in the Round 5 Information Memorandum, which can be found at: https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/our-business/marine/round-5. The Crown Estate will hold a Bidders Day for Round 5 which will take place at Swansea Arena in Swansea, Wales on 31 January 2024 and all suppliers who may be interested in the Round 5 opportunity are encouraged to attend. Suppliers will need to register for the Bidders Day and can do so via this link: https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/our-business/marine/round-5. Should suppliers wish to express a non-binding early indication of interest in participating in Round 5, they may do so by registering on The Crown Estate's e-tending portal via this link: https://etendering.thecrownestate.co.uk.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Application process for seabed rights for the development, construction and operation of floating offshore wind farms. The process will comprise a PQQ followed by an ITT, and will result in the award of three individual floating offshore wind farm sites of aggregate generating capacity 4.5GW to successful Bidders. For further information please visit: https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/our-business/marine/round-5

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04224b
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036033-2023
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

76 - Services related to the oil and gas industry


CPV Codes

09310000 - Electricity

31121320 - Wind turbines

31121340 - Wind farm

76521000 - Offshore installation services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Dec 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
28 Feb 2024Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
THE CROWN ESTATE
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
round5@thecrownestate.co.uk
Contact Phone
+44 2078515000

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1Y 4AH
Post Town
South West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

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