# Plant & Seed Supply \(PSS\) - Mobile Roller bench and irrigation development

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [FORESTRY COMMISSION](/buyers/forestry-commission/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: CAMBRIDGE GLASSHOUSE COMPANY LIMITED
- Award value: £2,251,187
- Tender value: £2,251,187
- Award date: 7 September 2023
- Published: 6 December 2023
- Contract start: 11 September 2023
- Contract end: 11 March 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: works
- Notice ID: aecb2709-c1a2-42d6-95f3-2d0628a2506c-704970
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1267a03c-f59c-43bf-b9d3-fd64cbdaa2d4

## Description

The works are to increase the containerised standing out areas by approximately 1\.5Ha to free up space within the glasshouse and facilitate increased cell grown plant production based on current operations\. The extension to standing out provision will employ a free standing roller rail and container configuration to ensure compatibility with the existing infrastructure\. Development operations entail removal of topsoil and limited grading/levelling of the substrate followed by the laying and compaction of stone and geomembrane /root barrier to form a base for the new rails, which are grounded onto concrete pads\. New concrete aprons will form walkways to facilitate safe access\. The containers require irrigation provision\. The current system employs pivot sprinklers which while effective, is target limited and results in high water use\. The provision of boom irrigation is to be investigated as a preferred water conservation strategy\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/aecb2709-c1a2-42d6-95f3-2d0628a2506c-704970)