Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Natural England · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Ryetec Industrial Equipment Ltd SME
- Value
- £23,335
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Sector
- Agricultural & horticultural services · Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services (CPV 77000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Jan 2025
- Published27 May 2025Published 124 days after the contract date
Description
The Castle Eden Dene NNR team has a requirement for a small heavy duty contractor flail collector for use on its suite of reserves, to help with the effective management of grassland restoration projects on grassland SSSI. Ideally the mower will be suitable for use with a compact tractor and have the option of wheels to support the unit whilst cutting. Note: there is a requirement for the machine to be able to cut vegetation at a height of around 300mm, hence the need for supporting wheels (the mower will only be operated at 300mm when used for cutting the seedheads of invasive tall grasses or when topping thistles), this is to avoid damaging the sensitive herb layer. The mower will primarily be used for sensitive grassland works in the summer months to control invasives, however in the winter we will require it to remove gorse and other woody stems, as well as general grass cutting where grazing intervention is not possible. Wheels or similar are desirable, to allow for elevated cutt…
About the supplier
Ryetec Industrial Equipment Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02702611).