Bags for Tree Packaging

Contract summary

Industry

Forestry products - 03440000
Tree-nursery products - 03450000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Procurement reference

FEE/1124

Published date

17 April 2023

Closing date

31 May 2023

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Forestry England have a future requirement for bags for tree packaging at our nursery at Delamere to store graded trees prior and during dispatch to forest districts, and on site prior to planting.

Forestry England are looking for sustainable products and solutions in the market to contribute towards our sustainability targets and reducing / eliminating the use of single use plastics.

To date, tree bags of the following specification have been used:
- Dimensions in mm (face width/ width inclusive of gusset /length respectively):
- 520 x 650 x1000 100micron*
- 610 x 700 x 1350 100micron*
- 660 x 840 x 1350 100micron*
- 660 x 1020 x 1170 100micron*
- 800 x 1250 x 1170 75micron*

*Please note this is a typical thickness we currently use in a typical low density polyethylene.

The bags are currently coextruded with white plastic on the outside and black on the inside. An example of the current bags is provided at Appendix 1 to this notice.

More information

Attachments

Tree Bags, Appendix 1.doc
Illustrations

Additional text

Forestry England are currently scoping our requirements to ensure that the specification and future tender documentation accurately reflects the offerings of the market.
We invite interested companies from the market to register their interest in this future requirement and provide feedback on potential clarifications on the feasibility of our emerging plans.
Additionally we request that interested market suppliers submit suggestions of sustainable alternatives to single use plastic tree bags when register their interest.

About the buyer

Address

620 Bristol Business Park,Coldharbour Lane
BRISTOL
BS161EJ
England

Email

victor.ayaga@forestryengland.uk