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Leasing Round 6 DIGITAL AERIAL SURVEY (DAS) SUPPLIER

Engineering-related scientific and technical services
Environmental services
Offshore services
North East (UKC)
North West (UKD)
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
East Midlands (UKF)
Official notice
Published value
£4,000,000
Submission deadline 20 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: The Crown Estate: "Leasing Round 6 DIGITAL AERIAL SURVEY (DAS) SUPPLIER". Published status: active. Published value: £4,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityThe Crown EstateScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
20 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£4,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: The Crown Estate
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Published history for The Crown Estate. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
10.8Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
MORGAN SINDALL CONSTRUCTION & INFRASTRUCTURE LTDTop vendor: 39.2% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 74 active published awards; 21 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
MORGAN SINDALL CONSTRUCTION & INFRASTRUCTURE LTD1 win£800,000
Lymington Harbour Commissioners1 win£498,000
SAVILLS (UK) LIMITED3 wins£270,332
NIRAS GROUP (UK) LTD1 win£250,000
ENERGY & COMPLIANCE TECHNOLOGY LTD.1 win£225,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityThe Crown Estate
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusactive
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published10 Jul 2026, 16:43 BST
Last source update10 Jul 2026, 16:43 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationEngineering-related scientific and technical services, Environmental services, Offshore services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)
North West (UKD)
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
East Midlands (UKF)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06a5f0
What is being bought
The Crown Estate is procuring a single supplier to deliver a 24-month Digital Aerial Survey (DAS) programme for birds, marine mammals and megafauna across the Project Development Areas (PDAs) designated under Leasing Round 6 (LR6) of its offshore wind programme. The requirement covers monthly survey flights using manned aircraft only, data capture, processing, species identification, analysis and reporting across all LR6 PDAs and associated buffer zones. Outputs must be suitable for use in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) for offshore wind development. The contract is for an initial 33-month term commencing November 2026.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £4,000,000
    10 Jul 2026, 16:43 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    10 Jul 2026, 16:43 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    10 Jul 2026, 16:43 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to 20 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
    10 Jul 2026, 16:43 BST
  5. Official notice release published
    28 May 2026, 11:46 BST
  6. Status changed to planning
    27 May 2026, 11:54 BST
  7. Official notice release published
    27 May 2026, 11:54 BST
  8. Buyer information updated
    27 May 2026, 11:54 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    active
    Published value£4,000,000
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    10 Jul 2026, 16:43 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    20 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

The Crown Estate

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PYYN-4743-GYVQ
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Documents (2)
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