Morgan Offshore Wind Tender

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    "date": "2026-07-27T16:04:23+01:00",
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            "id": "GB-PPON-PYYN-4743-GYVQ",
            "name": "The Crown Estate",
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                "streetAddress": "1 St James's Market",
                "locality": "London",
                "postalCode": "SW1Y 4AH",
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    "planning": {
        "noEngagementNoticeRationale": "The Crown Estate held a webinar on 25 June 2026 for offshore wind developers and investors. The webinar, which was advertised by way of a planned procurement notice (notice identifier 2026/S 000-053731), was held online and was open to attendees registered in advance. The purpose of the webinar was to: (i) provide attendees with a summary of the current status of the site; (ii) provide an overview of the proposed tender design; and (iii) share updates on the commercial approach proposed to be used in respect of the Morgan site. The webinar did not constitute market engagement within the meaning of section 16(1) of the Procurement Act 2023. Accordingly, no preliminary market engagement notice was published in connection with the webinar."
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            "id": "2023/54",
            "scheme": "UKPGA",
            "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents"
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        "title": "Morgan Offshore Wind Tender",
        "description": "The main purpose of the contract is a services concession contract. The Crown Estate, as manager of the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, is seeking to award seabed rights to a developer for the development of an offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea, which has an maximum potential energy generation capacity of 1.5GW. These rights will be governed by a 10 year 'agreement for lease', which will be awarded to a successful bidder through a competitive tender process under the Procurement Act 2023. The holder of the agreement for lease will acquire the rights necessary to develop an offshore wind farm and will ultimately have the option to enter into lease with The Crown Estate for the construction and operation of this wind farm, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions detailed in the agreements for lease. The maximum contract value has been stated in this notice as [00000 GBP] as The Crown Estate is unable to state a maximum contract value for the Morgan tender which is the subject of this Tender Notice, due to the impossibility of predicting what the likely overall value of the concession to the developer will be. Should suppliers wish to formally request access to the Morgan Procurement Specific Questionnaire, they may do so by registering on The Crown Estate's e-tending portal via this link: https://etendering.thecrownestate.co.uk. The Crown Estate reserves the right to refuse to grant or to deny access at any time to the portal, to any person that The Crown Estate considers, in its absolute discretion, does not have a genuine intention to participate in the Morgan tender as either a sole bidder or a consortium member in order to secure seabed rights in respect of a the Morgan site.",
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                        "description": "Electricity"
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                    {
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                        "description": "Wind turbines"
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                        "scheme": "CPV",
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                        "description": "Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work"
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                        "description": "Electricity supply installations"
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        "procurementMethod": "open",
        "procurementMethodDetails": "Competitive flexible procedure",
        "procedure": {
            "features": "IMPORTANT NOTICE: This is a replacement Tender Notice for the Morgan Tender to correct the choice of procurement route only. The Crown Estate will conduct this procurement as a Competitive Flexible Procedure under section 20 Procurement Act 2023. Potential bidders will be required to complete a Procurement-Specific Questionnaire (PSQ), which will be evaluated against the PSQ Evaluation Criteria. Bidders that meet the PSQ Evaluation Criteria will be eligible to proceed. As set out in the tender documentation, The Crown Estate reserves the right to negotiate at any stage with one or more bidder(s) but shall be under no obligation to do so. Bidders are deemed to have fully understood the process being followed by The Crown Estate. The Crown Estate will conduct an ascending clock auction in accordance with the procurement documents. The bidder that submits the highest bid will be the successful bidder."
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        "submissionMethodDetails": "The tender documentation will include full details of all of the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) questions and requirements, the relevant evaluation criteria, the proposed auction rules and the template legal agreements (including the wind farm agreement for lease and lease, the transmission assets agreement for lease and lease and the preferred bidder letter that will need to be executed and provided to The Crown Estate prior to the auction). Tender documentation is available to prospective bidders that have registered on The Crown Estate's e tendering portal, via such portal, which is available at: https://etendering.thecrownestate.co.uk.",
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            "languages": [
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        },
        "tenderPeriod": {
            "endDate": "2026-09-04T23:00:00+01:00"
        },
        "enquiryPeriod": {
            "endDate": "2026-08-21T12:00:00+01:00"
        },
        "awardPeriod": {
            "endDate": "2026-11-20T23:59:59+00:00"
        },
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                "awardCriteria": {
                    "weightingDescription": "Following The Crown Estate's evaluation of PSQ responses against the PSQ Evaluation Criteria, an ascending clock auction will be held. This will identify a Preferred Bidder via a competitive financial bid for the Morgan site. The bidder submitting the highest bid in the auction will be successful.",
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                            "name": "Ascending clock auction",
                            "description": "The highest bid received by The Crown Estate in the ascending clock auction."
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                "selectionCriteria": {
                    "criteria": [
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                            "type": "economic",
                            "description": "The tender will include the ability for each supplier to make one submission for The Crown Estate to assess suitability for entry into an auction process. Legal and financial capacity conditions of participation will be defined in detail in the Morgan tender documentation, this includes all defined terms to be provided in a PSQ glossary. The tender documentation is available to prospective bidders that have registered on The Crown Estate's e tendering portal, via such portal, which is available at: https://etendering.thecrownestate.co.uk."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "technical",
                            "description": "The tender will include the ability for each supplier to make one submission for The Crown Estate to assess suitability for entry into an auction process. Technical ability conditions of participation will be defined in detail in the Morgan tender documentation, this includes all defined terms to be provided in a PSQ glossary. The tender documentation is available to prospective bidders that have registered on The Crown Estate's e tendering portal, via such portal, which is available at: https://etendering.thecrownestate.co.uk."
                        }
                    ]
                },
                "contractPeriod": {
                    "startDate": "2026-12-01T00:00:00+00:00",
                    "endDate": "2096-12-01T23:59:59+00:00"
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                "description": "Not published"
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                "accessDetails": "The tender documentation will include full details of all of the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) questions and requirements, the relevant evaluation criteria, the proposed auction rules and the template legal agreements (including the wind farm agreement for lease and lease, the transmission assets agreement for lease and lease and the preferred bidder letter that will need to be executed and provided to The Crown Estate prior to the auction). Tender documentation is available to prospective bidders that have registered on The Crown Estate's e tendering portal, via such portal, which is available at: https://etendering.thecrownestate.co.uk."
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                "noticeType": "UK4",
                "description": "Tender notice on Find a Tender",
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        "riskDetails": "The risks below are identified as potential risks that may not be addressed in the contract and may require a subsequent modification to the contract under paragraph 5 of Schedule 8 to the Procurement Act 2023 (modification of contract following materialisation of a known risk). Modifications to the contract on materialisation of a known risk will in each case go no further than necessary to remedy the materialisation of the known risk: Regulatory and Compliance Changes: Changes in applicable law (including without limitation changes brought about by the coming into force of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026), statutory and non-statutory guidance, standards and policies, or political position, outside of TCE and the Supplier's control, may necessitate limited changes to the contract. Changes to Energy National Security Stance: International events may necessitate changes to the UK's national security stance which may in turn require changes to the project impacting on deliverability to the extent not expressly addressed through the operation of the contract including a Force Majeure Event and may necessitate limited amendments to the contract. Changes in Safety Standards: Changes in Safety Standards could have an impact on materials costs, to the extent not expressly addressed through the operation of the contract."
    },
    "language": "en"
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