Date of dispatch of this notice: 01/11/2019
Expire date: 29/11/2019
External Reference: 1920cd9b-f7c0-4903-bd69-5a53c4fe0d29
Date of dispatch of this notice: 01/11/2019
Expire date: 29/11/2019
External Reference: 1920cd9b-f7c0-4903-bd69-5a53c4fe0d29
Official name: Greater Manchester Combined Authority - GMP
Url:
Address line 1: Openshaw Complex, Lawton Street, Openshaw
Town: Manchester
Postal Code: M11 2NS
Country: England
Contact person: Sarah Clapperton
E-mail: Sarah.clapperton@gmp.police.uk
Phone: +44 1618561104
Title attributed to the contract: Equine Forage
Description:
GMP are seeking to award a contract for the supply and delivery of Equine Forage, including hay, haylage and spring barley straw. 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.
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