Vattenfall has issued a call for tenders for framework agreements for cable testing and fault-finding at its offshore wind farms in the UK and also off mainland Europe. All contracts, which are subject to renewal, will have a duration of five years with an option to extend for one year. The contracts are expected to start in mid-2023. The tender is divided into three lots and Vattenfall is seeking up to five contractors per lot. The first lot is related to offshore wind farms off of the UK, while the second lot is for sites in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark and the third covers sites off Germany. The deadline for requests to participate is 20 February 2023. Vattenfall has several operational offshore wind farms, as well as projects in development, across the regions it has launched the tenders for. These include the operational 604MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm, in Denmark, as well as operational Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, featuring 11 8.8MW turbines, off Scotland, and the Norfolk Vanguard and Norfolk Boreas projects, off the east coast of the UK. Vattenfall is also developing the 1.5GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm off the Netherlands. Image credit: Vattenfall