Published date: 2 June 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 19 April 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Analysis services - 71620000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£185,000

Procurement reference

OREC001-DN601394-30827124

Published date

2 June 2022

Closing date

19 April 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

23 April 2022

Contract end date

17 February 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

· Assess the state of the art review of FOW and fixed bottom wind substructure designs / typologies to identify common components, materials, manufacturing and assembly methodologies (including primary component fabrication, secondary component fabrication, component assembly, painting / blasting, final fit out (to create complete substructure);
· Assess the state of the art of major (representative) international manufacturing facilities with capability to deliver these major components;
· Assess the state of the art of "advanced" methods of manufacturing, assembling, blasting and painting such components (either in use at commercial scale or sufficiently well developed for commercial application in the near term and with either evolutionary or disruptive impacts) in the context of these being applied in a serial manufacturing process;
· Analyse the potential to utilise advanced manufacturing methods (including design for manufacture methodologies) to reduce the cost of fixed and floating wind substructures, including techno-economic study of impact on LCOE;
· Analyse the potential blockers to adopting advanced manufacturing methods for offshore wind.

Tender documents available free of charge at https://procontract.due-north.com

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Floating Offshore Wind - Advanced Manufacturing of Substructure Components ORE/22/023

  • Opportunity
  • Published 8 March 2022, last edited 28 March 2022

Award information

Awarded date

11 May 2022

Contract start date

16 May 2022

Contract end date

17 March 2024

Total value of contract

£184,950

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

BVG Associates

Address

SN6 6HY

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Craig Corbett

Address

Inovo
121 George Street
Glasgow
G1 1RD
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 3330041418

Email

procurement@ore.catapult.org.uk

Website

https://www.ore.catapult.org.uk