AwardedAwarded 9 October 2026
Drive System Upgrade
ORE Catapult · Public undertaking
In brief
ORE Catapult awarded this contract to ABB Limited on 9 October 2026.
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What the notice says
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
Who won
| Winner | Value | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| ABB Limited | £605,849 | Awarded 29 September 2026 12 October 2026 to 30 September 2028 |
Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.
Timeline
- Transparency notice · UK5, notice 092065-2026
- Contract award notice · UK6, notice 092066-2026
- Contract details notice · UK7, notice 095556-2026
Last time this was bought
- Won by
- Datel Computing Limited
- Awarded
- 19 June 2026
- Value
- £80,603
- Contract ends
- 15 June 2027
Matched on ORE Catapult, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.
About the buyer
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From notice 092065-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 29 September 2026, last updated 9 October 2026. We last checked for changes on 9 October 2026.