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    ContractsMilitary Working Horses Groom Support Services
    Awarded contract

    Military Working Horses Groom Support Services

    Awarded
    £7.2m
    Published 4 Sept 2026

    Contract to provide specialist equine groom and support services for military horses across five UK barracks locations, operating seven days per week.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· South EastPublished 4 Sept 2026· 1 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Awarded
    £7.2m
    Published 4 Sept 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £7,238,140
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Not published
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Agriculture & Food
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      South East

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • CP
      The Colleges Partnership Limited
    Lead contractor

    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 1 months ago.

    4 September 2026
    Awarded — no open tender advertised

    Brief

    The UK Armed Forces are seeking specialist equine staff to provide comprehensive support for Military Working Horses across five locations: Hyde Park Barracks (London), Combermere Barracks (Windsor), Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, King George VI Lines (Woolwich), and Remount Barracks (Melton Mowbray). The successful contractor will deliver seven-day-a-week services including daily horse care and husbandry, training and exercise programmes, veterinary coordination, farrier services, ceremonial preparation and readiness, transport and travelling groom duties, equipment maintenance and care, records management and reporting, inter-site liaison, surge capacity support, and availability across multiple locations to ensure the safe, sustainable, and effective operation of the Military Working Horses programme.

    Track record

    2 awards · 2 winners
    Thin record

    Only 2 prior awards here — too little to read.

    In agriculture food, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE has awarded 2 contracts to 2 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. Sorrel Porteous T/A Pentire Sport Horses1× · 50%
    2. The Colleges Partnership Limited1× · 50%

    Across agriculture food, the most active winners are MAKSER, spol. s r.o., MAKSER SPOL S RO, PREMIER FOREST PRODUCTS LTD — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Publisher
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    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-06665f

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