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Published 29 Sept 2026, 16:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Drive System Upgrade · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: ORE Catapult (Public body)

Direct award
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£605,849published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 29 Sept 2026no call for competition
Awarded to ABB Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement 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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
34320000 Mechanical spare parts except engines and engine parts

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
29 Sept 2026, 16:56 BST
Last source update
9 Oct 2026, 11:18 BST
Authority reference
ORE/26/058
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095556
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077cea Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

The equipment within the drive unit was manufactured by ABB, and currently there are no other companies who have the specific knowledge of the aging electronic drives of both 3MW, and are able to provide an upgrade to the system.

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Sept 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 16:56 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 17:01 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract details notice published
    9 Oct 2026, 11:18 BST
    UK7
  4. Contract signature expected
    9 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £605,8491 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Oct 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ABB Limited12 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2028£605,849 inc. VAT29 Sept 2026Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · ABB Limited

    Signed
    9 Oct 2026
    Value
    £605,849 inc. VAT
    Period
    12 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2028
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PYJB-8958-TLYW 121 George Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 1RDContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ABB LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PRNV-1848-CWTH 3100 Daresbury Park, Warrington, North West, WA4 4BTContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender