Complex sentence: Following a consultation period in which suggestions for the final configuration of the new ship were taken, and tenders received from shipyards, in 2015, Cammell Laird in Birkenhead was selected as the preferred bidder to construct the ship.
Split into simpler sentences: Following a consultation period in which suggestions for the final configuration of the new ship were taken, and tenders received from shipyards. In 2015, Cammell Laird in Birkenhead was selected as the preferred bidder to construct the ship.