Offshore Wind Accelerator Tender: Floating Component Exchange study

Call for entries from companies and consortia interested in undertaking a study assessing the use of floating lift vessels for major component exchange during the O&M phase of bottom-fixed offshore wind farms.

The main objectives of this competition is to:

1. Improve availability and flexibility of lifting operations
2. De-risk the use of floating heavy lift vessels in major component exchange operations for fixed bottom wind turbines
3. Assess the current stabilised heavy lift technologies including boom-end and pedestal compensation
4. Investigate time and cost savings over conventional jack-up vessels

For further details, please see the relevant documents below:

• Invitation to Tender document (PDF)
• Stage 3 Scope of Work – Template for Reference and Review (PDF)
• Contractors’ Conditions (PDF)
• Form of tender (DOCX)

Clarification questions should be received by 2^nd July 2019 and the answers to these questions will be posted below by 04^th July 2019.

Responses to clarification questions:

• Clarification questions (PDF)

All clarification questions and tender submissions should be sent electronically, by their respective deadlines, to dan.kylespearman@carbontrust.com