Coillte wins major contract for supply of forest plants to Northern Ireland Forest Service

Tuesday 15 November 2011

10 million trees will be supplied over five-year lifetime of contract
 
Coillte  Nurseries, part of the Coillte Enterprise division of the Coillte Group, has today announced a major contract win for the supply, delivery and offloading of 10 million forest plants to the Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Forest Service.

The contract will commence in January 2012 and run until the end of 2016.  Approximately 2 million plants will be supplied annually by Coillte to the Northern Ireland Forest Service over the course of this five year deal.

This contract builds on the existing business between Coillte and the Northern Ireland Forest Service to which Coillte Nurseries has supplied in excess of 5.6 million forest plants over the past three years. The supply will come from Coillte’s Killygordon Nursery in Donegal where local Coillte staff already have an excellent working relationship with the Northern Ireland Forest Service.

Sitka Spruce will make up the vast majority of the plant requirements but there will also be a requirement for Broadleaf, Pine and other Conifer stocks within the contract.

Commenting on the contract win, Eamonn Kenny, Head of Coillte Nurseries said:

“We have supplied the re-planting requirements for the Forest Service in Northern Ireland for the past 3 years and were keen to continue and deepen this relationship. We feel the awarding of this tender recognises the high customer focus and quality control systems we have in place for which all Nurseries staff must be complimented.”