Blade Test Facility 3 - ORE/22/089
What the buyer wrote
ORE Catapult intends to expand its wind turbine test capabilities by constructing a new blade test facility (“BTF3”), capable of full-scale testing of blades up to 150m in length, and optionally expanding to test blades up to 180m. ORE Catapult intends to appoint a single contractor (or consortium) to design, procure, construct and commission BTF3 at its Blyth site, which may comprise of a reaction structure onto which the blades are mounted, appropriate floor structures, a building to totally or partially encompass the test site and associated hydraulics, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation & control systems.
Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Blade Test Facility 3 - ORE/22/089
- How they are buying
- Advertised, then negotiatedThe buyer talked terms with bidders rather than taking fixed offers.
- Type
- works
- Where
- in the North East
- Kind of work
- New build construction
Who the buyer named
Sheena Thomson was the named contact on this notice.
