Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 5: Supply Chain Plan questionnaire and guidance
Details of the Supply Chain certificate application process for the Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round 5.
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In order to qualify for a Contract for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round, CfD applicants for a generating station with generation capacity of 300MW or more, and from Allocation Round 5, all applicants for floating offshore wind projects, will be required to provide National Grid ESO (as delivery body) with a statement by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy approving the Supply Chain Plan submitted in respect of that station.
The applicant’s responses to the scored sections of the Supply Chain Plan questionnaire will be assessed to determine award of this Supply Chain Plan statement of approval, and hence eligibility to participate in the CfD scheme.
These documents set out the process for submitting and assessing supply chain plans:
- the Supply Chain Plan questionnaire for projects over 300MW
- the Supply Chain Plan questionnaire for Floating Offshore Wind projects below 300MW
- guidance on how to complete the questionnaire and on the Supply Chain Plan process as a whole
Applicants who are successful in being awarded a CfD in the Allocation Round also need to obtain a further statement from the Secretary of State confirming they have successfully passed their Supply Chain Plan implementation assessment (a Supply Chain Implementation Statement) once they have passed their Milestone Delivery Date, confirming delivery of, or progress against, the activities and outcomes committed to in the scored sections of the Supply Chain Plan, in order to be able to fulfil one of their CfD Operational Conditions Precedent (OCP).