Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Crown Estate Scotland · Public Corporation
- Supplier
- Baldock Energy SME
- Value
- £276,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Technical analysis or consultancy services (CPV 71621000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 056991-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Jun 2026
- Published17 Jun 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Crown Estate Scotland (CES) manages land, coastline, seabed and property on behalf of the Scottish people, with a remit to generate long‑term economic, social and environmental value. CES intends to establish a contract for an independent Operators Panel Manager (OPM) to support the governance, coordination and operation of the Scottish Wave and Tidal Operators Agreement. The Operators Agreement provides a governance framework that protects early developers’ resource rights and defines how potential impacts of new developments on existing projects are managed. It unifies the previous Scottish Territorial Waters and Pentland Firth & Orkney Waters Operator Agreements into a single agreement, overseen by the Operators Panel and supported by an independent panel chair appointed under the OPM contract. The OPM will act as a neutral chair, coordinate communications between Operators, and support business as usual obligations contained within the Agreement. Activities will include the facili…
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