Official UK procurement notice
Future Offshore Wind (FOSW) Metocean Survey Capability- Preliminary Market Engagement
Authority: The Crown Estate (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Crown Estate (TCE) is undertaking preliminary market engagement in advance of a future procurement for a multi-service capability that includes:
Technical Advisory services;
Survey provider services; and
Survey Management Services
to support the Future Offshore Wind (FOSW).
The requirement is expected to include:
A 12-month offshore metocean survey campaign commencing mid-2027.
Survey deployment across multiple offshore locations.
Data acquisition through metocean measurement systems and associated instrumentation.
Collection and analysis of:
Wind data.
Wave and current data.
Other related services that may be required include:
Technical advisory services supporting survey planning, execution and data assurance.
Survey management services, including data management, quality assurance and reporting services.
CPV: Map-making services · Marine services · Offshore services · Surveying services · Technical services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 19 Sept 2026, 11:07 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Sept 2026, 11:07 BST
- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0775f6
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice publishedearlier today19 Sept 2026, 11:07 BST
- Market engagementin 6 days26 Sept 2026, 00:59 BST
The Crown Estate intends to undertake a structured programme of preliminary market engagement to inform the design of the forthcoming procurement for a Metocean Survey Supplier as part of the Future Offshore Wind objectives. The scope of this engagement will cover technical delivery requirements more…
(including survey methodology, metocean measurement systems and data acquisition approaches), commercial arrangements (including pricing models and contract duration), and legal considerations (including liability and third-party reliance on survey data). Feedback is sought from suppliers with relevant experience and capability in offshore metocean survey delivery and technical advisory services. Engagement will be conducted through a combination of: A written Market Engagement Questionnaire (MEQ) issued to interested suppliers. Optional 1:1 supplier engagement sessions (virtual, via Microsoft Teams) to explore responses in further detail. The anticipated engagement period is September 2026, with 1:1 sessions expected to take place during this period at mutually agreed times. No in-person events are currently planned. Suppliers wishing to participate should submit an expression of interest by contacting [email protected] - Contract startsin 162 days1 Mar 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 Sept 2026, 11:07 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender