MFF166 2025-2027 Supply and Delivery of Seed

Description

This Invitation for Tender is to supply and deliver seed as a mix of grass blended to an agreed ratio, or as individual species to Delivery Sites in the north of England, UK. The Authority requires Seed suitable for being sown as a nurse crop for peatland restoration projects in the Peak District and South Pennines uplands. • Perennial rye-grass (Lolium perenne) - 3 separate, named varieties of fine-leaved amenity rye grass. These should have low nutrient requirements, high stress tolerance and germinate quickly. • Fine-leaved sheep's fescue (Festuca longifolia) - 1 variety. This should be drought-resistant. • Sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina) - 1 variety. This should be drought-resistant. • Common bent (Agrostis capillaris) or highland bent (Agrostis castellana) • Wavy-hair grass (Deschampsia flexuosa).