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Natural England

Purchasing a small tractor to maintain fire breaks within a lowland heathland landscape

AgricultureCPV 16000000
Value£50k
Awarded26 Jan 2023
Published31 May 2023
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£50ktotal contract value
median £60k
this tender£0£469k

This sits in the lower-middle of the Agricultural Machinery band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 1,022 valued Agricultural Machinery tenders in our corpus.

The brief

In order to mitigate against wildfire risk, Heathland Connections partners are seeking to purchase a small tractor with flail suitable for woody heather and young gorse.

The aim of purchasing this tractor is to demonstrate good practice in fire resilience by keeping vegetation low alongside main paths within lowland heathland landscapes.

The tractor should be able to operate in the following conditions: a lowland heath environment, including wetter, mire areas; light sandy soils, prone to ruts.

The tractor should be able to do the following activities: Mow and mulch through woody heather and gorse regrowth for fire break and ride side management, and drive on the road.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The aim of purchasing this tractor is

The aim of purchasing this tractor is to demonstrate good practice in fire resilience by keeping vegetation low alongside main paths within lowland heathland landscapes.

02

The tractor should be able to operate

The tractor should be able to operate in the following conditions: a lowland heath environment, including wetter, mire areas; light sandy soils, prone to ruts.

03

The tractor should be able to do

The tractor should be able to do the following activities: Mow and mulch through woody heather and gorse regrowth for fire break and ride side management, and drive on the road.

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Source & provenance
OCID
5ea8df60-9d1d-4628-a83e-0ad7d6e3bac7
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
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