Fentenfenna Farm Provision of Kitchen Equipment

Fentenfenna Farm, located near Newquay, Cornwall, was established in 2020 to support Cornwall's rural economy through the provision of space for new entrants into the agri-food sector. The farm has three operating platforms: a rural enterprise hub, a food skills training centre, and a food hub. The goal of the farm is to support micro and small regenerative agri-food enterprises, deliver food skills training, and provide food aid to the community.

The Food Hub's primary function is to provide food aid to those most in need by salvaging waste food, packing it, and distributing it to community partners. A key part of the Food Hub is salvaging waste apples, and it has developed a Wasted Apple brand to secure long-term sustainable income through the development and sale of products.

The food hub needs to optimize its current bottling line and secure an automated canning line to process various products from apples and water. The food hub has a range of existing equipment;

We expect to process the following volumes; 25 tonnes of apples in Year 1, producing 15-20,000 litres, scaling to 50 tonnes in year 3, producing 35-40,000 litres and bottle/can 30,000 litres of water in Year 1, scaling to 50,000+ in Year 3.

The purchase of this system is part of a grant funded application process and therefore procurement will be subject to grant approval of the project. We will assess tenders received on lowest compliant Tender for each of the Lots.