# Enabling the deployment of zero, and near zero, greenhouse gas emission offshore wind farm operations and maintenance vessels

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [DfTc - Department for Transport](/buyers/dftc-department-for-transport/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [RICARDO-AEA LIMITED](/contract-winners/ricardo-aea/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £87,550
- Tender value: £87,550
- Award date: 22 March 2024
- Published: 19 April 2024
- Contract start: 25 March 2024
- Contract end: 19 August 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b5b0228f-dd2c-426b-87e9-311dedfea1ec-742708
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0f2c1272-2021-4be4-ab1b-9eadbc51fa21

## Description

The Department for Transport requires a Supplier to undertake research to identify possible solutions that can be implemented by Government and other relevant organisations \(e\.g\., The Crown Estate\) to help enable the earliest possible UK domestic deployment of zero, or near zero, greenhouse gas emission \(GHG\) offshore wind farm operations and maintenance vessels and related vessel infrastructure\. This research will be used to inform Government and other public sector organisations' \(e\.g\., The Crown Estate\) approach to supporting and enabling the transition to the use of zero, or near zero, GHG emission vessels that service UK domestic offshore wind farms\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b5b0228f-dd2c-426b-87e9-311dedfea1ec-742708)