Date of dispatch of this notice: 01/11/2019
Expire date: 29/11/2019
External Reference: e629391f-d716-48b7-a52a-ecd6926217fa
Date of dispatch of this notice: 01/11/2019
Expire date: 29/11/2019
External Reference: e629391f-d716-48b7-a52a-ecd6926217fa
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 Farrier Service
Description:
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.
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