Published date: 17 June 2025

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


Closing: 7 May 2025, 4:05pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Consultative engineering and construction services - 71310000

  • Technical services - 71356000

Location of contract

SW1A 2EG

Value of contract

£250,000

Procurement reference

tender_489091/1491315

Published date

17 June 2025

Closing date

7 May 2025

Closing time

4:05pm

Contract start date

6 June 2025

Contract end date

5 June 2026

Contract type

Service contract

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

Great British Energy (GBE) has identified up to six early Floating Offshore Wind (FLOW) investment opportunities and wishes to investigate whether it should invest in each of these. Its intentions are still very much in the early phases and as such is undertaking a series of activities that will inform its future business investment decisions and desired outcomes for the FLOW project.

GBE has earmarked an amount which could be invested across all those projects identified to be suitable to be invested in. It is intended that this would be in the form of a pari passu investment with private/commercial investors.

These projects are all pre-Financial Investment Decision (FID) stage. To note that GBE investment or engagement with any of these projects will not result in favoured positions for the Contracts for Difference (CfD) programme which is managed by DESNZ and appropriate ethical walls between DESNZ CfD team and GBE are present. The role of GBE once investment has been made is subject to negotiation with each party.

DESNZ intends to engage the services of a Supplier to provide Technical Advice to support aspects of the activities as per above. This was procured using the DESNZ's Energy and Net Zero Professional Services (ENZPS) Framework.

More information

Attachments

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Redacted Contract

Award information

Awarded date

6 June 2025

Contract start date

6 June 2025

Contract end date

5 June 2026

Total value of contract

£250,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Ricardo AEA Ltd

Address

Shoreham Technical Centre, Old Shoreham Road, Shoreham-by- Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5FG

Reference

Companies House number: 08229264

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

3-8 Whitehall Place
London
SW1A 2EG
England

Email

matthew.bird@energysecurity.gov.uk