Notice Information
Notice Title
Leasing Round 6 - May / June 2026 Market Webinars and Questionnaires and Bilateral Discussions at Global Offshore Wind
Notice Description
The Crown Estate, as manager of the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, periodically holds competitive tenders to award seabed rights for the development, construction and operation of offshore wind farms. In September 2024, The Crown Estate set out its approach to bringing such future tenders to market in its Future of Offshore Wind publication (Future of offshore wind | The Crown Estate). This was published alongside a report setting out our ambition to develop a Marine Delivery Routemap, which is intended to help enable a more holistic approach to be taken in relation to seabed development in the future. With the recent announcement of our intention to launch a new leasing round in 2027 (Offshore Wind Leasing Round 6) and building on the approach taken by The Crown Estate in previous leasing rounds, such as Offshore Wind Leasing Rounds 4 and 5, The Crown Estate is committed to engaging with a broad spectrum of market participants and other stakeholders to inform the development of its Leasing Round 6 and future leasing processes. In this context, The Crown Estate intends to undertake further preliminary market engagement in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023, through two upcoming webinars and a questionnaire, to gather input on the design of Leasing Round 6 and future leasing rounds. These two events and the questionnaire are targeted at existing and prospective offshore wind developers and project investors only. Revenue and Tender Model Webinar - Thursday 28th May 2026. This is planned to be a live presentation from The Crown Estate Leasing and Commercial teams. We intend to provide an opportunity for attendees to participate in a live question and answer session. Leasing Round 6 Market Engagement Questionnaire - We anticipate that the questionnaire will open around Friday 29th May and will close around Friday 26th June. It is intended that the questionnaire will focus on the general content of the revenue and tender model webinar, with the intended aim of allowing greater market feedback on the topics covered in that session. Engineering Webinar - Thursday 11th June 2026. This may be a broadcast of pre-recorded content. We anticipate providing an opportunity at the end of the broadcast for attendees to participate in a live question and answer session, and then inviting participants to provide written feedback after the session has concluded. Bilateral discussions with developers at Global Offshore Wind - 16 - 18 June 2026. The Crown Estate intends to hold bilateral meetings with offshore wind developers and investors during the conference. The intention is that the two webinars, the market engagement questionnaire, and bilateral discussions, will between them provide The Crown Estate with further opportunities to gather individual and industry-wide perspectives, thereby ensuring that the evolving needs and priorities of the offshore wind sector as a whole can be taken into account by The Crown Estate when shaping Leasing Round 6 and future leasing opportunities. This market engagement is intended for existing and prospective offshore wind developers and investors only, i.e. those who have the capacity and interest in bidding in a leasing round, either as a sole bidder or as part of a consortium or other joint venture. If offshore wind project development and investment companies wish to participate in any of these market engagement events, then they should apply by sending an email to round6@thecrownestate.co.uk. The Crown Estate is also willing to have a session with any developer or investor to provide an overview on of any preliminary market engagement webinars they have missed or have a bilateral discussion if there was not the opportunity to do so at Global Offshore Wind. The Crown Estate intends to engage with other relevant stakeholders separately at appropriate times and in an appropriate way. The Crown Estate is in the process of designing future offshore wind leasing rounds, which these discussions will inform. There is currently no formal date for the launch of Offshore Wind Leasing Round 6. The date set out below (the "Engagement deadline") refers to the engagement activities which are the subject of this PME Notice, rather than any contract notice for a leasing process. For the avoidance of doubt, this notice is not a call for competition, and any subsequent procurement process will be commenced with one or more Tender Notice(s) in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. The preliminary market engagement exercise is not an inducement to make any investment decision(s). For further information on The Crown Estate's involvement in offshore wind, please visit https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/our-business/marine/offshore-wind.
Planning Information
These engagement activities are targeted at offshore wind developers and investors only. For the webinars, registrations are limited to up to four representatives from each organisation. It is mandatory for any interested organisations who wish to attend to register their availability at the link sent by The Crown Estate as set out below. For the questionnaire, one response per organisation is permitted. General sales and marketing information must not be provided. The questionnaire responses will have no impact on any supplier’s ability to participate in any future procurement process(es). For bi-lateral discussions at Global Offshore Wind 2026, registrations are limited to one time-slot per organisation . It is mandatory that interested organisations register their interest at the email address provided below. Suppliers shall bear all their own costs in participating in this preliminary market engagement process. No contract(s) capable of acceptance shall be created until such time as The Crown Estate awards one or more contracts to supplier(s) following a procurement process. Stage 1 – Revenue and Tender Model Webinar Preliminary Market Engagement Notice published. Interested offshore wind developers and investors register their interest for this event by emailing: round6@thecrownestate.co.uk Invites with registration link sent by The Crown Estate to offshore wind developers and investors that have submitted their expression of interest in participating. Invited parties confirm attendance through registration link and confirm names of their four (maximum) representatives. Webinar event meeting via Teams. The event is scheduled to take place on Thursday 28 May 2026, 13:00 to 15:00. Stage 2 – Leasing Round 6 Market Engagement Questionnaire Preliminary Market Engagement Notice published. Interested offshore wind developers and investors register their interest for this questionnaire by emailing: round6@thecrownestate.co.uk. You may register after the questionnaire has been launched but any responses received after 6 pm (GMT) on 26 June 2026 may not be considered. One questionnaire will be sent by The Crown Estate to each registered party from 28 May 2026. Questionnaire to be completed online. We anticipate that the questionnaire will be open from around 29 May 2026 to around 26 June 2026. Stage 3 – Engineering Webinar Preliminary Market Engagement Notice published. Interested offshore wind developers and investors register their interest for this event by emailing: round6@thecrownestate.co.uk Invites with registration link sent by The Crown Estate to offshore wind developers and investors that have submitted their expression of interest in participating. Invited parties to confirm attendance through registration link and confirm names of their four (maximum) representatives. Webinar event meeting via Teams. The event is scheduled to take place on Thursday 11 June 2026, 10:00 to 12:00. Stage 4 – Global Offshore Wind (GOW) 2026, bilateral discussions Preliminary Market Engagement Notice published. Interested offshore wind developers and investors register their interest for attending a bilateral discussion at GOW 26 by emailing: round6@thecrownestate.co.uk. Invites with details of time slots and meeting locations will be sent by The Crown Estate to offshore wind developers and investors that have submitted their expression of interest in participating. Bilateral discussions will take place at Global Offshore Wind 2026 in Manchester on Tuesday 16th or Wednesday 17th June 2026 if there is enough availability. If not, separate meetings will be offered post event.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-069f77
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047202-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement 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
45 - Construction work
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
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- CPV Codes
09310000 - Electricity
31121320 - Wind turbines
31121340 - Wind farm
45200000 - Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
45315300 - Electricity supply installations
71500000 - Construction-related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 May 2026Yesterday
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 26 Jun 20262 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 20 May 2026 - 26 Jun 2026 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE CROWN ESTATE
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
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
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047202-2026
21st May 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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