Offshore Wind Turbine Blade Painting Pilot

A Tender Notice
by DEFRA

Source
Contracts Finder
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
4 year
Value
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Sector
PROFESSIONAL
Published
07 Jan 2025
Delivery
24 Feb 2025 to 31 Dec 2028
Deadline
27 Jan 2025 12:00

Concepts

Location

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

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

CPV Codes

  • 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

Indicators

  • Contract is suitable for SMEs.
  • Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

ITT C27151 Bidder Pack - Offshore Wind Turbine Blade Painting Pilot (procurement updates)) DS ITT C27151 Bidder Pack - Offshore Wind Turbine Blade Painting Pilot (procurement updates)) DS.pdf Revised Procurement Time Table - Blade Painting project Revised Procurement Time Table - Blade Painting project.docx

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