Published date: 31 March 2021

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


Closing: 23 November 2020, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

SW1E 5ND

Value of contract

£0 to £240,000

Procurement reference

CR20109

Published date

31 March 2021

Closing date

23 November 2020

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

10 February 2021

Contract end date

7 September 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established dynamic purchasing system.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

**THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION**

This was awarded under Crown Commercial Services Research Marketplace Dynamic Purchasing System RM6018.

Context:

In 2019, the UK committed to a legally binding target to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Offshore wind will be a key renewable electricity generating technology in delivering this target. The Committee on Climate Change set out in their 2019 net zero report a higher ambition scenario of 75GW of offshore wind capacity in operation in order to contribute to net-zero targets by 2050.

The Offshore Wind Sector Deal published in March 2019 set out an ambition of the UK deploying up to 30GW by 2030. The Government is now working with the sector to accelerate deployment.

We are seeking to appoint a consultant to undertake research to define a range of plausible spatial scenarios for offshore wind development to 2050 in UK waters, and assess the extent to which deployment levels are constrained by technical, economic, environmental and system factors. The research will examine the key drivers of costs and how these relate to increased offshore wind deployment under different scenarios, as well as the role of floating offshore wind in overcoming spatial limitations and at what cost.

There has been little research undertaken to date to map spatial deployment scenarios for offshore wind across all of UK waters, and to understand how the costs of offshore wind are expected to vary as deployment increases.

At present, the evidence and modelling underpinning BEIS' electricity strategy assumes limited cost variation between different deployment levels of offshore wind. Further, the only constraint applied is a 'build limit' which is based on what the supply chain can deliver at present. In practice we know that offshore wind needs to co-exist alongside a range of environmental, logistical, social and economic factors (e.g. radar, shipping lanes, and presence of protected species) and that moving to less technically desirable sites may have cost implications.

We are therefore looking to appoint a consultant to expand the evidence base to identify potential spatial deployment scenarios, and to understand how the different scenarios relate to technical, economic, environmental and system factors, on and offshore. Further to this, the research should also build on the expected future development of turbine technology and the potential of floating offshore wind in overcoming such limitations and at what cost.

Award information

Awarded date

8 December 2020

Contract start date

10 February 2021

Contract end date

7 September 2021

Total value of contract

£216,220

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED

Address

13 Fitzroy Street
LONDON
W1T 4BQ
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 01312453

Value of contract

£216,220

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

Kailash Dholliwar

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Telephone

01793 867000

Email

Research@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk