Awarded contract

Provision of Groom Support

Details

Buyer: Ministry of Defence
Supplier(s): THE COLLEGES' PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Value: £7,238,140
Duration: 5 years
Topic: Horses
Published: 4 September 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The Army requires additional specialist equine staff to ensure the safe, sustainable, and effective delivery of Military Working Horses outputs across five locations (Hyde Park Barracks (HPB), London; Combermere Barracks, Windsor; Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS), Sandhurst; King George VI Lines, Woolwich; Remount Barracks, Melton Mowbray) The Contractor shall deliver 7 days per week, comprehensive equine husbandry, training and exercise, veterinary and farrier support, ceremonial readiness, transport and travelling groom duties, equipment care, records and reporting, liaison and surge cover, and multi site availability for Military Working Horses. ## Contract award Title: Provision of Groom Support Lots: - Lot 1: Defence Animal Training Regiment (DATR) - Lot 2: The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) - Lot 3: The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) - Lot 4: The Household Cavalry Training Wing (HCTW) - Lot 5: The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery (KTRHA)

Timeline

Completed: Award published4 September 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date4 September 2026
Next: Contract expiry date30 September 2031in 5 years

About the buyer

The Ministry of Defence is a ministerial department that runs its acquisition and procurement activity through a dedicated commercial function, led by the Director Commercial. Defence Equipment & Support buys, supports and supplies equipment such as jets, warships and armoured vehicles for the armed forces. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation plans, builds and maintains the defence estate separately from equipment procurement. Suppliers can register on the Defence Sourcing Portal, the department's end-to-end eProcurement system for contract opportunities. Many purchasing agreements sit on the MOD Framework Library, its central list of framework routes to market.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Ministry of Defence's contract awards have been in IT services, architectural and engineering services and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

03322300 · Horses
80513000 · Horse riding school services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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