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# Equine Enforcement and Emergency Horse Removal Services 2026-2027

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/equine-enforcement-and-emergency-horse-removal-services-2026-2027-ocds-h6vhtk-07b75a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Provision of specialist equine enforcement services, including the identification, management, impoundment and removal of illegally grazed, abandoned and loose horses from Council-owned land and public highways, together with emergency response, transportation, livery and associated animal welfare services. The contract has been awarded directly due to the specialist nature of the service and the requirement for an established provider capable of delivering equine enforcement, welfare and emergency horse removal services across the Sandwell borough.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sandwell-metropolitan-borough-council-ons-e08000028)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKG
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £70,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/equine-enforcement-and-emergency-horse-removal-services-2026-2027-ocds-h6vhtk-07b75a#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-07b75a`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/equine-enforcement-and-emergency-horse-removal-services-2026-2027-ocds-h6vhtk-07b75a#tl-md)

## Description
Provision of specialist equine enforcement services, including the identification, management, impoundment and removal of illegally grazed, abandoned and loose horses from Council-owned land and public highways, together with emergency response, transportation, livery and associated animal welfare services.
The contract has been awarded directly due to the specialist nature of the service and the requirement for an established provider capable of delivering equine enforcement, welfare and emergency horse removal services across the Sandwell borough. Market engagement and previous procurement activity identified a limited supplier market, with the appointed provider having the operational capability, specialist expertise and local response arrangements necessary to meet the Council's requirements.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 77000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **EQUINE RESCUE LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:09547767`
  - Value: £70,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Equine Enforcement and Emergency Horse Removal Services 2026-2027 (active)
  - Signed Value: £70,000
  - Signed Date: 19/10/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F106126-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-11-09T11:24:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-10T11:20:06.132Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-07b75a