Published date: 29 March 2023

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


Closing: 3 February 2023, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

SW1P 3JR

Value of contract

£36,200

Procurement reference

CF-0055500D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

29 March 2023

Closing date

3 February 2023

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

7 August 2023

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Defra wishes to commission a project to further understand the feasibility and practicalities of painting turbine blades, giving regard to commercial feasibility and the risk of unintended consequences. Some potential issues have been
identified previously in discussions with offshore wind developers and others have been reported
anecdotally. These are set out in more detail below.

This project will need to consider these issues in detail, as well as any other concerns that are raised by any technical experts, offshore wind developers and ornithologists consulted during the project.

Aim:

To conduct a desk-based evidence review, supplemented by stakeholder interviews and discussions, to investigate the feasibility and practicalities of painting turbine blades as a mitigation for seabird collisions.

Scope:

Throughout the duration of the project, the supplier should consider two types of patterning:

(1) the patterning recommended by Martin (2022), and
(2) the painting of a single blade black (as used by May et al 2020).

The project should also consider the applicability of turbine painting to both floating and fixed wind turbines, recognising not just the physical differences in the turbine structures but also the differing depth and distance from shore associated with floating vs fixed turbines.

Award information

Awarded date

23 March 2023

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

7 August 2023

Total value of contract

£36,200

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

ABPmer

Address

Quayside Suite, Medina, Chambers, Town Quay, Southampton, SO14 2AQ SO14 2AQ

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Felicity Jowett

Address

Horizon House Deanery Road
Bristol
BS1 5AH
United Kingdom

Email

felicity.jowett@defra.gov.uk