Tender overview

Updated 9 October 2026

Buyer: Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Status: Complete
Procurement method: Direct award
Category: Not supplied
CPV classification: Not supplied
Tender period: Not supplied — Not supplied

Description

The purpose of this direct award is to contract ABB limited to carry out an upgrade to the ACS6000 drive system on the 3MW drive train located within the Nautilus facility in Blyth, the upgrade in inclusive of two key elements: Replacement of the existing control platform with ABB’s latest USU-26 system Hardware replacement to improve spare part availability, removing life cycle issues with the currently aging components

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02 Awards and contracts

Published award records

1 shown

Active

Drive System Upgrade

Awarded: 28 September 2026
Award value: Not supplied
Suppliers: 1
Signed contract: 8 October 2026

03 Organisations

Buyers, suppliers and other parties

2 parties

Buyer

Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

121 George Street, Glasgow, UKM82, G1 1RD, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PYJB-8958-TLYW

Supplier

ABB Limited

3100 Daresbury Park, Warrington, UKD71, WA4 4BT, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PRNV-1848-CWTH

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04 Provenance

Source for this process

FTS

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