Scope
Description
The Crown Estate periodically holds competitive tenders to lease areas of the seabed in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for the construction and operation of offshore wind farms.
The Crown Estate, through its collaborative, strategic delivery plan for the seabed and coastline - The Marine Delivery Routemap - has identified the most suitable regional areas of potential opportunity for future offshore wind in England and Wales. These areas were published in the Future of offshore wind report (Future of offshore wind | The Crown Estate) in September 2024.
The Crown Estate is undertaking further work on the Routemap during the Summer, and based on the feedback and information received, this will lead to the launch of the first version of our Routemap in early 2026.
As part of our planning for future [offshore wind] leasing, The Crown Estate intends to conduct a series of market engagement events. The first engagement event will be a market focussed session to provide an overview of the Routemap, along with an update on our spatial work to-date, regarding the regional areas of potential opportunity. This session will take place from 11:00 - 14:00, 14 August 2025, and will be held in webinar format.
The Crown Estate is in the early stages of designing future offshore wind leasing rounds, which this engagement event will inform, and there is currently no formal date for the launch of the procurement which may consist of one or more leasing rounds. Therefore, the date set out below ("Engagement deadline") refers to the engagement event, rather than the contract notice for any subsequent leasing tender process. For further information on The Crown Estate's involvement in offshore wind please visit https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/our-business/marine/offshore-wind.
Contract dates (estimated)
- 14 August 2025 to 15 August 2025
- 2 days
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 71500000 - Construction-related services
- 76520000 - Offshore services
- 98360000 - Marine services
Contract locations
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKI - London
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
- UKL - Wales
Engagement
Engagement deadline
14 August 2025
Engagement process description
General Information
This PME notice does not refer to any specific tender process so please note that the date of 14 August 2025 refers to the date on which the engagement event will take place, rather than a contract notice publication date for any subsequent leasing tender process.
This event is invite-only and limited to two representatives from each organisation. It is mandatory for any interested organisations to register their availability at the link sent out with invites.
Stages - Market Engagement:
Initial invites sent to suitable parties.
Suitable parties confirm attendance through registration link and confirm names of their two (maximum) representatives.
Webinar event meeting via Teams. Event will take places on Thursday 14 August 2025, 11:00 to 14:00. To register your interest for this event, please email: offshorewind@thecrownestate.co.uk by 4pm Monday 11 August 2025.
Contracting authority
The Crown Estate
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYYN-4743-GYVQ
1 St James Market
London
SW1Y 4AH
United Kingdom
Email: tenders@thecrownestate.co.uk
Region: UKI32 - Westminster
Organisation type: Public authority - central government