# UK SBS PR18110 Offshore Renewables Decommissioning Technical Advice

> Pre-procurement notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £73,000
- Published: 9 November 2018
- Planned start: 13 February 2019
- Planned end: 5 March 2021
- Stage: pre_procurement
- Notice ID: 638f2755-ce80-4f89-81bb-25e023bb6e23-251249
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d2f06fb4-eb2d-47a2-b05e-68e7e2352283

## Description

The Offshore Renewables Decommissioning Team in BEIS is seeking to appoint specialist support to provide technical advice on industry proposals for decommissioning a range of offshore renewable energy infrastructure \(OREI\) including offshore wind farms, offshore transmission owners \(OFTO\) and wave/tidal stream developments in UK waters\. This is a call-off contract, with advice requested on an ad hoc basis and volumes of work may vary according to demand\. The appointment will be for a three-year period, subject to annual review and break clauses\. BEIS has approval for funds this financial year of £13,000 and a total of £73,000 is available over the three years, with the remainder subject to budgetary approvals\. BEIS are looking for: Specialist technical advice to inform its assessment of individual decommissioning programmes submitted to BEIS by OREI developers and OFTOs as per requirements under the Energy Act 2004\. The type and extent of technical advice will be on a case by case basis depending on the nature, size and location of the project as well as proposed decommissioning methods\. The specialist nature of the advice and the need to cover wind, wave and tidal developments and OFTOs means that BEIS welcomes bids from providers, including their sub-contractors, and consortia which have the required skills, knowledge and experience\. Providers should be able to demonstrate that they have the required knowledge of all OREI technologies\. Additional information: UK Shared Business Services Ltd \(UK SBS\) is conducting a procurement exercise on behalf of BEIS for the provision of Offshore Renewables Decommissioning Technical Advice\. If you wish to consider bidding for this requirement, please email your expression of interest to UKSBS citing tender SBS PR18110\. When the tender is open for bids, the UKSBS sourcing portal \(Emptoris\) will provide you with access to the tender documents\. You will also be required to submit your response through the Emptoris platform\. You will need to be registered on Emptoris to participate in this tender\. Guidance is attached, detailing how to register and access documents, and how to then use the platform\. Please provide the name, email address and contact telephone number for the nominated person in your company to be invited to register for participation in the above-mentioned procurement\. If you do not wish to consider this opportunity, we would be grateful if you could acknowledge this email and let us know by return\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/638f2755-ce80-4f89-81bb-25e023bb6e23-251249)