Official UK procurement notice
Marine Consultancy - Future Port Talbot
Authority: Associated British Ports
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContract Description -
Associated British Ports is seeking a suitably experienced marine environmental and consenting consultant to support a key project within the Future Port Talbot programme. The project involves the phased development of the existing port into a major hub to support deployment and supply chains for Floating Offshore Wind in the Celtic Sea, including port expansion, land reclamation, marine and terrestrial works, and ecological mitigation or compensation
Scope of Services -
The consultant will lead the marine technical elements of the Environmental Impact Assessment and provide associated support to the project.
Services are expected to commence in October 2026 and support the planned Infrastructure Consent Order.
ABP reserves the right to amend the Contract following award, including but not limited to changes to the scope, duration, specifications, deliverables, service requirements, or value of the Contract, where such amendments are necessary to support ABP's business, operational, or statutory requirements. Any such modification shall be carried out in accordance with the terms of the Contract and applicable procurement regulations. By submitting a Tender, Tenderers acknowledge and accept that the Contract may be subject to such modifications during its term.
This procurement relates to works required for the provision and operation of port and transport infrastructure and is therefore undertaken by a utility undertaking under the Procurement Act 2023.
This procurement will be contracted under a NEC4 Professional Services Contract (PSC) Option E
CPV: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction · Environmental impact assessment other than for construction · Environmental issues consultancy services · Environmental services · Geological and geophysical consultancy services · Geophysical consultancy services · Marine survey services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£0
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 60%
- Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Commercial
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Aug 2026, 15:51 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Aug 2026, 15:51 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 29 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
ABP-FPT-CS-1820- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080046- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e9ddFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
21 Aug 2026 → 30 Oct 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published62 days ago21 Aug 2026, 15:51 BST
- Submission deadline31 days ago21 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 7 days29 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 7 days30 Oct 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published21 Aug 2026, 15:51 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender