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Drive System Upgrade

Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Awarded
goods
Scotland

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
Glasgow
Contract value
£605,849ex VAT
Submissions closed
Not stated by buyer
Published
9 October 2026

Procurement

Contract period
12 October 2026 - 30 September 2028
2 years
Procedure type
Direct award
CPV classifications
  • 34320000 Mechanical spare parts except engines and engine parts

What happened

Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult awarded this contract to ABB Limited worth £605,849 on 9 Oct 2026. The contract runs until 30 Sept 2028.

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

Awarded supplier

Supplier
ABB Limited
GB-PPON: PRNV-1848-CWTH
Award value
£605,849
Award date
9 October 2026

Contact

Address
121 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD

Identifiers

Buyer reference
ORE/26/058
Notice ID
095556-2026
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077cea

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