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# Pet Food Baler

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pet-food-baler-ocds-h6vhtk-02c597). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** WORTON GROUNDS FARMING: "Pet Food Baler". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Aug 2021, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.realhayco.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [WORTON GROUNDS FARMING](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/worton-grounds-farming-GB-FTS-21963)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 August 2021 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Pet food
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02c597`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pet-food-baler-ocds-h6vhtk-02c597#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [realhayco.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.realhayco.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pet-food-baler-ocds-h6vhtk-02c597#participate

## Description
Worton Grounds Farm based in Oxfordshire and is home to the newly first built hay drying facility of this type in England. This led to the launch of The Real Hay Company and The Little Hay Company. We would like to invite interested companies to tender for the requirement of supplying a semi-automated pet hay baler.
The objective of this tender is to award the contract to one supplier who is able to provide a pet hay baling machines as per our specifications which are set out below; 
Bale Quantity - up to 200 bales per hour  
Bale Quality - dust extraction with minimum crop shatter 
Bale sizes - 2KG but to have the flexibility to loose fill 1KG. 
Packaging - baler to be compatible with eco-friendly packaging 
Lead time - Maximum 24 weeks. 31ST December - Drop dead date 
Price - Price is not the only award criteria however all costs much be displayed on quotes 
 Tenderers should read carefully the requirements before submitting the tender. Please submit the tender before 17:00pm on 17th August 2021.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 15713000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Worton Grounds Farm based in Oxfordshire and is home to the newly first built hay drying facility of this type in England. This led to the launch of The Real Hay Company and The Little Hay Company. We would like to invite interested companies to tend...
- **Contract Period:** 26/08/2021 to 31/12/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015909-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-08T13:50:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T02:06:11.873Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02c597