Published date: 29 November 2024

Last edited date: 7 January 2025

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 27 January 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

SW1P 4DF

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

CF-0417500D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

29 November 2024

Closing date

27 January 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

24 February 2025

Contract end date

31 December 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Defra's OWEC Funded Pilot Programme
The latest OWEC project call opened in September 2023, and Defra submitted a successful funding bid, split equally, to pilot two innovative approaches to manage the environmental impacts of offshore wind. These are turbine blade painting, to reduce bird collisions, and a noise limit to reduce the impact of construction noise on marine species. The project in this Invitation to Tender (ITT) will focus on turbine blade painting only. It will consist of a multi-year programme of work to gather evidence to test whether turbine blade painting on offshore wind projects is achievable in protecting vulnerable seabirds. If successful, turbine blade painting could be part of future OWES.

Project aim
This pilot project will trial turbine blade painting to assess whether turbine blade painting is successful in reducing avian collision risk in an offshore wind context.
Project Objectives
The turbine blade painting pilot is designed to establish whether turbine blade painting is succ

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Offshore Wind Turbine Blade Painting Pilot

  • Opportunity
  • Published 29 November 2024

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

DEFRA

Address

2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
GB

Telephone

+03459335577

Email

dgcenquiries@defra.gov.uk