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title: "Data sharing to support Floating Offshore wind in the Celtic Sea"
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buyer: "WAVE HUB DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITED"
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# Data sharing to support Floating Offshore wind in the Celtic Sea

Buyer: WAVE HUB DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITED  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e510f164-3798-4f88-8505-8fb9334fba5f

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## Summary

The procurement process is currently in the planning stage and involves Wave Hub Development Services Limited as the buying organization. The title of the procurement is "Data sharing to support Floating Offshore wind in the Celtic Sea" within the Wind farm industry category. The engagement end date for this opportunity is set for 31st October 2022. The procurement entails the creation of regional characterisation models to aid in strategic planning for floating offshore wind, with data sharing agreements to be finalised before November 2022.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses interested in site-development work, engineering-related scientific and technical services, and data services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organizations are encouraged to participate. The procurement aims to facilitate sharing of raw data to improve regional models and decision-making processes. Businesses involved in wind energy, environmental data analysis, and marine surveying are well-suited to compete in this tender to help advance early strategic planning for floating offshore wind projects in the Celtic Sea.

## Notice

Celtic Sea Power (CSP) is supporting early strategic planning for floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea with a particular objective to support the streamlining of leasing and consenting. CSP is seeking to create regional characterisation models of known environmental and physical characteristics to help build a sound evidence base for future decision making. Areas under current consideration include the wind and metocean resource, birds and marine mammals, eDNA, geophysical conditions and the subsea acoustic environment. It is intended to share CSP's summarised data reports via an online data portal which is due to go live in November 2022. This is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund This notice is to inform all interested parties of the opportunity to access the raw CSP underpinning data on the basis of sharing equivalent data which can improve the veracity of regional models, improve the evidence base and improve decision making. This opportunity will be available to all interested parties on the terms set out in a data sharing agreement. A master template data sharing contract has been provided along with an FAQ document and an example Campaign description Current data sets being collected by CSP which could be shared through this agreement include Floating Lidar collected wind resource data and digital aerial bird and marine mammal survey data There is an opportunity to raise clarifications on the terms and conditions set out in the master template. These Clarifications should be sent to neil.farrington@celticseapower.co.uk by 1700 (local time) on 26/10/2022. Responses will be anonymised before being published through this portal on 28/10/2022. It is anticipated that the Template Data Sharing Agreement will be published on this portal before 1st November 2022, after which time terms will be non-negotiable.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/02cd53d8-9f28-40a5-ada2-0ad8a3a89d0d |
| Notice type | Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Not specified |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Oct 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 31 Oct 2022 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WAVE HUB DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITED |
| Locality | HAYLE |
| Post town | Truro |
| Postcode | TR27 4DD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| ITL 3 | TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| Local authority | Cornwall |
| Electoral ward | Gwinear-Gwithian & Hayle East |
| Westminster constituency | Camborne and Redruth |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
- 45 - Construction work
- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 31121340 - Wind farm
- 45111291 - Site-development work
- 71350000 - Engineering-related scientific and technical services
- 72300000 - Data services

## Release History

- 7 Oct 2022 at 16:15 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/02cd53d8-9f28-40a5-ada2-0ad8a3a89d0d

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/02cd53d8-9f28-40a5-ada2-0ad8a3a89d0d
  7th October 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/7b5d96c1-37a8-4499-842c-7d35fa4e2102
  Data Sharing Agreement
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/305304c4-3e8b-40b5-b456-db0896dcbb13
  FAQ's
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/9caadfa7-f261-496d-984c-7d357fb32b3b
  Example data campaign document

## Notice URLs

- http://www.celticseapower.co.uk

## Provenance

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