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Ecological sampling at Scottish Offshore Wind Farms
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01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
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- Deadline (UK time)
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- Published
- 17 Sep 2025
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
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The Marine Directorate (MD) has a requirement for an external provider to undertake marine sampling for a selection of target species across a range of functional groups (e.g. fish, benthic and plankton) at four offshore wind farm sites and adjacent control areas, on the east coast of Scotland. Sampling will be carried out across 3 phases: winter 2025-spring 2026 , summer 2026 and autumn 2026.
This sampling work will contribute to the ECOCHANGE Project (Consequences of Changes to Habitats and implications for a Net Gain Energy approach), led by the Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate, alongside the University of Liverpool the University of Glasgow SUERC and funded by The Crown Estate’s Offshore Wind Evidence and Change programme. The samples collected through this work will be analysed through a subsequent workstream (not included in the scope of this contract) and the data will ultimately provide insight into the food web structure within the North Sea marine ecosystem and how food webs may be impacted by OWF infrastructure. Understanding this relationship is crucial with the increase in development of OWFs to reach Net Zero targets. This work will shed light on the effect of OWF infrastructure on marine biodiversity which will inform Marine Enhancement and Nature Positive policies.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
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- 90700000
- 03000000
- 73112000
- 71354500
04/ History
Releases of this notice
3 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 17 Sep 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 17 September 2025.
Release 057353-2025
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Tender notice published 10 October 2025. The source does not state what changed.
Deadline in this release: Mon 10 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT.
Release 064086-2025
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Award notice published 30 December 2025. The source does not state what changed.
Release 086365-2025
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-059c49
- Source
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- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Last verified
- Mon 6 Apr 2026, 21:33 BST
- Read at
- Sun 25 Oct 2026, 20:30 GMT
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