Expired contract

LIFEquake Pistenbully mulcher head

Details

Buyer: Natural Resources Wales
Supplier(s): Off-Piste Agri Ltd
Topic: Agricultural and forestry machinery for soil preparation or cultivation
Published: 19 January 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Purchase of a new mulcher head designed for forestry sites. It will be a heavier duty head that will be able to do a more efficient job of clearing scrub on the sites with less down-time due to mechanical issues. It will be used mainly on LIFEquake sites, but will be available to other teams to use. LIFEquake (LIFE20 NAT/UK/000137) is a 5-yr EU funded project, run by NRW, working on 7 SACs in Wales – Crymlyn, Gweunydd Blaencleddau, NW Pembrokeshire Commons, Preseli, Rhos Goch, Cors Caron & Corsydd Eifionydd. Securing the resilience of transition mire & quaking bog in Wales. The aim is to bring internationally important habitats and species of the peatlands into good condition. Currently these rare and threatened wildlife features are in an unfavourable condition and at risk of further decline. Pistenbully machine is a low ground pressure machine capable of accessing the very wet sites in the LIFEquake project. A new mulcher head is required to effectively manage this sites, due to a lot of mechanical issues with the current flail head. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published19 January 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date19 January 2026
Completed: Contract expiry date31 January 2026

About the buyer

Natural Resources Wales is a non-departmental public body, and buys through its own NRW Procurement team. Smaller purchases are awarded directly with a written quote, rising to tender as value increases. Tenders are advertised on Sell2Wales, with higher-value opportunities run through the Jaggaer eTenderWales portal. The largest requirements go out as legislative tenders once the highest threshold is passed. Framework agreements are available through the National Procurement Service, Crown Commercial Service and the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation. Contract managers and requestors across the organisation raise and manage their own purchases.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of Natural Resources Wales's contract awards have been in waste, cleaning and environmental services, agricultural and horticultural services and construction work.

Relevant CPV codes

16100000 · Agricultural and forestry machinery for soil preparation or cultivation
16600000 · Specialist agricultural or forestry machinery
16800000 · Parts of agricultural and forestry machinery

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@natural-resources-wales.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@natural-resources-wales.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@natural-resources-wales.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@natural-resources-wales.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@natural-resources-wales.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@natural-resources-wales.gov