Published date: 6 December 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 9 January 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Live plants, bulbs, roots, cuttings and slips - 03121100

  • Plants - 03451000

Location of contract

NE46 1BS

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

NNPA/0002

Published date

6 December 2018

Closing date

9 January 2019

Contract start date

15 January 2019

Contract end date

28 February 2021

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Northumberland National Park Authority are currently out to tender for the supply of Cotton Grass Plants

DEFRA have awarded funding to four peat restoration projects in England, based on carbon capture and the value to wildlife. Northumberland National Park Authority is one of the organisations to benefit from these funds.

The site in Northumberland National Park is Cheviot Summit (an approx. 276ha of peat cap around NT 9007 2045). This is the highest point in Northumberland.

In order to restore a target of 8 hectares of bare peat, this project requires 80,000 cotton grass plug plants / root trainers (1 per sq m) by February 2021, which a separate contractor will transport up the hill and plant by hand in March 2021.

Suppliers that would like to take part in this tender process are invited to 'Express Interest' upon which they will be given access to the full tender documentation delivery through this e-tendering system.

When the tender documents have been made available involved suppliers will receive notification via email and the tender documents can be accessed from the 'My Tenders' area of https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nnpa by selecting the 'View Details' button of this project.

The deadline for submissions of the tender will be 12noon on the 9th January 2019.

Please allow sufficient time to make your return as late returns will not be permitted.

More information

Links

Additional text

Visit our supplier portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nnpa to register your interest and gain access to the tender documentation.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Hazel Fitzsimmons

Address

South Park
Hexham
Northumberland
NE46 1BS
United Kingdom

Email

hazel.fitzsimmons@nnpa.org.uk

Website

www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk