# 2023-055 Technical and Commercial Work for Decommissioning Offshore Wind

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Ofgem](/buyers/ofgem/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Vinci Energies
- Award value: £46,350
- Tender value: £46,350
- Award date: 5 June 2023
- Published: 11 August 2023
- Contract start: 5 June 2023
- Contract end: 4 November 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 0dd95a4f-1ec9-486a-8d4f-67d1df9ffd65-671511
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a50a523c-bc90-40f5-a90a-a45924629e80

## Description

Ofgem requires a review of the current approach to the decommissioning of offshore cables and OSP foundations followed in other EU jurisdictions \(Denmark, Germany and Netherlands\)\. The supplier needs to assess the cost of removing offshore cables from the seabed, including those at cable crossings and underneath rock berms, and the environmental implications of doing so\. Lastly, Ofgem required a supplier to evaluate the likely cost and environmental implications of removing OSP platforms from the seabed\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0dd95a4f-1ec9-486a-8d4f-67d1df9ffd65-671511)