# GB-Bristol: Automated miniplug transplanter

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Forestry England
- Contract winner: Featherstone Machinery Ltd
- Award value: £121,850
- Tender value: £121,850
- Award date: 17 September 2021
- Published: 22 September 2021
- Contract start: 1 October 2021
- Contract end: 31 March 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: d0282c9f-2764-4957-84ff-682e81954481-470603
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-47f5a391-248e-4a1e-a6c6-60de7e19edeb

## Description

CONTRACT AWARD We are awarding a contract for the supply of an automated miniplug transplanter at our Delamere Nursery site\. Our intention is to award this contract and have the automated miniplug transplanter delivered, operational & Forestry England personnel trained between 1st March 2022 \(earliest date\) and 31st March 2022 \(latest date\)\. The Contractor shall provide a tractor mounted machine to transplant miniplug grown tree seedlings into a 5-row format that matches the current layout in our outdoor nurseries\. The machine must accommodate miniplug tray type 345\. Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises \(SMEs\)\. However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d0282c9f-2764-4957-84ff-682e81954481-470603)