--- title: "Future Offshore Wind - March 2026 Market Questionnaire - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-060c13" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-060c13" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-060c13.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-060c13.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "THE CROWN ESTATE" published: "2026-05-11" --- # Future Offshore Wind - March 2026 Market Questionnaire - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice Buyer: THE CROWN ESTATE Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-060c13 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-060c13) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-060c13.json) ## Summary The Crown Estate has published a market engagement notice titled "Future Offshore Wind – March 2026 Market Questionnaire – Preliminary Market Engagement Notice." This initiative is set within the context of planning and is aimed specifically at offshore wind developers and investors. As a public undertaking headquartered in London, United Kingdom, The Crown Estate manages the seabed around England, Wales, and Northern Ireland and periodically holds competitive tenders to grant seabed development rights. The current procurement stage is planning, with the survey scheduled to accept input from 30 March 2026 until the extended deadline of 8 May 2026. Interested parties are invited to complete an online questionnaire by registering via email, facilitating informed input for the upcoming offshore wind leasing processes set to launch in 2027. This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses involved in the offshore wind industry. Developers and investors capable of contributing insights into future leasing processes and engaging in The Crown Estate's future leasing opportunities will find this questionnaire essential in shaping the industry's direction. Ideal participants are established and prospective offshore wind developers and investors, including those who may bid as individual entities or consortia. This engagement process promises to provide a competitive edge by allowing businesses to align with the evolving needs and priorities of the offshore wind sector, thereby fostering strategic partnerships and future bidding opportunities for seabed leasing rights. ## Notice 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 future leasing processes. In this context, The Crown Estate is undertaking market engagement through a questionnaire to gather input on the design of future leasing rounds. This questionnaire is targeted at offshore wind developers and investors only and will be open to responses from 30 March 2026 to 8 May 2026. (An extension to the deadline to reply has been requested by two developers and an extra 7 days allowed for this.) It is hoped that this market engagement questionnaire will provide The Crown Estate with a further opportunity to listen to and understand 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 future leasing opportunities. This market engagement is intended for existing and prospective offshore wind developers and investors only i.e. those who may be interested in bidding in a leasing round, either as a sole bidder or as part of a consortium. If offshore wind project development and investment companies wish to participate in this market engagement event, then they should apply by sending an email to round6@thecrownestate.co.uk. 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 the next offshore wind leasing round. The date set out below (the "Engagement deadline") refers to the engagement activity which is the subject of this PME Notice, rather than any contract notice for a leasing process. 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 This engagement activity is targeted at offshore wind developers and investors with one response per organisation requested. Stages – Market Engagement: To register your interest for this activity, please email: round6@thecrownestate.co.uk. You may register after the questionnaire has been launched but any responses received after 6 pm (GMT) on 1 May 2026 may not be considered. One questionnaire will be sent to each registered party from 30 March 2026. Questionnaire to be completed online. The questionnaire will be open between 30 March 2026 to 8 May 2026. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043034-2026 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 11 May 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 8 May 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 29 Mar 2026 - 8 May 2026 | | 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 | Planning | | 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 - 45 - Construction work - 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services ### 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 ## Release History - 11 May 2026 at 13:11 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043034-2026 - 11 May 2026 at 13:08 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043031-2026 - 30 Mar 2026 at 14:53 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029246-2026 - 18 Feb 2026 at 14:51 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014846-2026 - 22 Jan 2026 at 12:33 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005728-2026 - 22 Jan 2026 at 11:55 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005699-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043034-2026 11th May 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043031-2026 11th May 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029246-2026 30th March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014846-2026 18th February 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005728-2026 22nd January 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005699-2026 22nd January 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/ - https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/our-business/marine/offshore-wind ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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