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Published 13 Oct 2025, 09:32 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Equine Forage · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Local council)

Below threshold - limited competition
Sectors: Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products (03) Delivery: North West (UKD3)
Awarded value£143,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 8 Sept 2025
Awarded to R F Fielding Hay & Straw Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract for the supply and delivery of equine forage, including hay, haylage and spring barley straw. Delivery to the GMP Mounted Unit located at Hough End.

The main product supplied under this contract will be hay, which must be supplied from known fields in small rectangular bales. Bales should be consistent in type and condition and be meadow and timothy hay, suitable for feeding horses in slow work. Hay should be free from mould, dust, poor quality grasses and plants poisonous to horses including ragwort.

No volumes or values are guaranteed, but an estimated number of bales of hay per year is 4000.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North West
03114000 Straw and forage

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - limited competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
13 Oct 2025, 09:32 BST
Last source update
13 Oct 2025, 09:32 BST
Authority reference
A1155
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064565
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05add2 Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    13 Oct 2025, 09:32 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £143,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 8 Sept 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
R F Fielding Hay & Straw LimitedSME£143,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · R F Fielding Hay & Straw LimitedSME

    Signed
    8 Sept 2025
    Value
    £143,000
    Period
    1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2028 · up to 30 Sept 2030 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    2 years in full or 1+1

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXBN-3793-LCTQ 56 Oxford Street, Manchester, North West, M1 6EUContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender