--- title: "Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5 (\"Round 5\")" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04224b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04224b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04224b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04224b.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "THE CROWN ESTATE" published: "2023-12-07" --- # Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5 ("Round 5") Buyer: THE CROWN ESTATE Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04224b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04224b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04224b.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036033-2023 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 7 Dec 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 28 Feb 2024 | | 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 | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | THE CROWN ESTATE | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1Y 4AH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### 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 ### Codes - 09310000 - Electricity - 31121320 - Wind turbines - 31121340 - Wind farm - 76521000 - Offshore installation services ## Release History - 7 Dec 2023 at 07:10 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036033-2023 ## Notice URLs - http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk - https://etendering.thecrownestate.co.uk - https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/our-business/marine/round-5 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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