Operators Panel Manager for the Scottish Wave & Tidal Operators Agreement
Crown Estate ScotlandEstimated Value
Up to £276,000
Deadline
29 April 2026
Published
17 June 2026
Type
services
Overview
Crown Estate Scotland (CES) manages land, coastline, seabed and property on behalf of the Scottish people, with a remit to generate long‑term economic, social and environmental value. CES intends to establish a contract for an independent Operators Panel Manager (OPM) to support the governance, coordination and operation of the Scottish Wave and Tidal Operators Agreement.
The Operators Agreement provides a governance framework that protects early developers’ resource rights and defines how potential impacts of new developments on existing projects are managed. It unifies the previous Scottish Territorial Waters and Pentland Firth & Orkney Waters Operator Agreements into a single agreement, overseen by the Operators Panel and supported by an independent panel chair appointed under the OPM contract.
The OPM will act as a neutral chair, coordinate communications between Operators, and support business as usual obligations contained within the Agreement. Activities will include the facilitation of technical workstreams and management of working groups, with workload varying over the term as sector needs evolve.
Key points
- Provide independent, neutral facilitation and chairing of the Operators Panel, maintaining an agreed governance process and accurate records.
- Coordinate Operators, technical experts and CES to progress the Agreement’s obligations and technical work programme.
- Manage and continue to develop CES’ tidal and wave technical work programmes and associated technical working groups, ensuring outputs meet the needs of the Panel.
- Monitor specified external projects which directly contribute to the delivery of the technical work programmes and provide concise progress reporting and recommendations to CES.
- Review Operator Adverse Impact Assessments when required by CES
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Crown Estate ScotlandKey Dates
Published
17 June 2026
Submission deadline
29 April 2026
Notice type
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