Published date: 29 November 2024
Last edited date: 7 January 2025
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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
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- ITT C27151 Bidder Pack - Offshore Wind Turbine Blade Painting Pilot (procurement updates)) DS.pdf
- ITT C27151 Bidder Pack - Offshore Wind Turbine Blade Painting Pilot (procurement updates)) DS
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- Revised Procurement Time Table - Blade Painting project.docx
- Revised Procurement Time Table - Blade Painting project
About the buyer
Contact name
DEFRA
Address
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
GB
Telephone
+03459335577
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Closing: 27 January 2025, 12pm