CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION has floated a tender for Cattle Haylage Production. The project location is United Kingdom and the tender is closing on 29 Mar 2024. The tender notice number is tender_413743/1326716, while the TOT Ref Number is 98977170. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

Expired Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : United Kingdom

Summary : Cattle Haylage Production

Deadline : 29 Mar 2024

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 98977170

Document Ref. No. : tender_413743/1326716

Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : GBP 150000

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION
City of London Corporation, Guildhall, London, EC2V 7HH London EC2V 7HH England
Contact Person : Onika
United Kingdom
Email :onika.syeda@cityoflondon.gov.uk

Tender Details

Title : Cattle Haylage Production

Location Of Contract : London

Industry : Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products - 03000000

Value Of Contract : £150, 000

Description : The City of London Corporation (the City) invites Tenders for the provision of Cattle Haylage Production.Production of hay, haylage and silage from our own land for feeding our cattle herd in winter. As one of its core activities The City of London grazes Epping Forest and its surrounding lands utilising a herd of pedigree Longhorn cattle. During the winter the cattle are housed at Great Gregories Farm where the cows will calve inside buildings. When ground conditions are favourable in the spring the cattle will then go out to graze. Currently the herd size is 200+ with plans to increase this year on year, currently we require at least 1100 bales a year from our own lands to feed the herd through the winter months. Silage, haylage and hay needs to be cut at different times of year in order to preserve enough feed for the cattle and to meet the conservation needs of our grassland sites. In order to reduce plastics, we plan to cut at least 120 bales as hay (unwrapped) and store undercover at the farm. Most of the grasslands are unimproved and receive no fertiliser, they yield on average 10-15 bales a Ha. We are undertaking a tender process to appoint a contractor to produce our winter feed over a 5 year period. We are having a purpose b...

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