Polish construction firm Doraco will build the O&M base for PGE and Orsted’s JV 1500MW PGE Baltica 2 offshore wind farm.
The selected general contractor will design and build the new port infrastructure and buildings in Ustka, which will constitute the operational and service base for the offshore wind farms.
Doraco was selected in a tender procedure in December last year. One of the bidders, who also took part in the procedure, appealed against this decision.
The ordering party carried out a second examination and evaluation of the bids, and then selected Doraco’s bid again in February. This decision was not appealed.
The Doraco Construction Corporation from Gdańsk has previously carried out the reconstruction and modernisation of ports in Szczecin, Gdynia and Frombork.
Construction works in the Ustka port are planned to begin in the spring of this year.
The JV already has a building permit for the Ustka investment and has selected Sweco Polska as contract engineer.
The contract engineer’s tasks include supervision over the detailed design and construction of the O&M base, both in terms of buildings, the reconstruction of the quay, and the entire infrastructure necessary for the current operation of the base.
The new PGE Baltica facilities in Ustka will be built on an area of approx. 2.3 ha on the western side of the port.
They will consist of an office and social building, a warehouse building, a maneuvering area and a quay where service vessels will moor to transport crews to the offshore wind farm area (so-called CTV – crew transfer vessels).
The planned commissioning of the O&M base is the fourth quarter of 2026.