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Greater Manchester Combined Authority - Greater Manchester Police

Equine Farrier Service

Agriculture & ForestryCPV 77000000 85000000
Value£95k
Awarded29 Nov 2019
Published16 Mar 2020
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£95ktotal contract value
median £150k
this tender£0£3.5m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Agriculture, Forestry & Horticulture band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 3,317 valued Agriculture, Forestry & Horticulture tenders in our corpus.

The brief

GMP are seeking to award a contract for the provision of a Equine Farrier Service.

The Mounted Unit of GMP has an establishment of approximately 20 horses, stabled at the Hough End Centre in South Manchester.

The unit operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and the horses are required to work a variety of shifts.

On average, the horses work undersaddle 2-4 hours a day, 6 days a week, mainly walking on roads.

They are predominantly hunter types and stand between 16.2hh and 17.3hh.

The diet of the horses is roughage based, consisting of haylage, alfalfa and a balancer.

They are predominantly stabled on rubber mats with a shallow layer of bedding, which is currently chopped rape straw, and with minimal access to turnout.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The unit operates 24 hours a day

The unit operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and the horses are required to work a variety of shifts.

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OCID
6e5a6c16-3404-4ec7-93ad-3fb14c375d89
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
20200316083123-35572
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