AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime has published contract details for a short-term supply arrangement for the Metropolitan Police Service Mounted Branch. FROSBURYS LIMITED is the verified supplier. The contract covers feed, bedding and stable requisites, with delivery to the stated Mounted Branch locations.
Published outcomeOne active award (award 1) and one active contract (contract 1) are recorded for FROSBURYS LIMITED. The contract record states it was signed on 1 October 2026 and runs to 31 December 2026.
Market significanceThis is a three-month, below-threshold interim goods contract intended to maintain supply continuity while a new procurement process is completed.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
FROSBURYS LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £49,050 excluding VAT; £58,860 including VAT GBP · Verified supplier; active award and contract
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Supplier is identified on award 1 and contract 1 is linked to awardID 1. Supplier verification matched Companies House number 05368589 by company number.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice published
99% confidence13 October 2026
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Contract details notice published_at: 2026-10-13T17:39:54+01:00.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 status: active.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 status: active.
Contract signed
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned: 2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£49,050
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Contract 1 value.amount: 49050 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£58,860
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Contract 1 value.amountGross: 58860 GBP.
Value allocation
94% confidenceContract-level value linked to award 1 / lot 1
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Contract 1 is linked to award 1; award 1 relates to lot 1. No separate lot value is published.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract start
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate: 2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract end
99% confidence31 December 2026
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Contract 1 period.endDate: 2026-12-31T23:59:59Z.
Published duration
98% confidenceApproximately three months
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Published contract period runs from 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceSupply and delivery of feed, bedding and stable requisites
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Tender title and description.
Operational purpose
99% confidenceSupport operational and welfare requirements of the MPS Mounted Branch
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Tender description.
Delivery locations
99% confidenceImber Court, Great Scotland Yard and Hyde Park Mounted Branch
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Tender description.
Procurement category
99% confidenceGoods
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory: goods.
Published classification
98% confidenceCPV 03000000 — Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
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Award item additional classification.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceLimited
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Tender procurementMethod: limited.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold — limited competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails.
Threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold: false.
Competition information
98% confidenceNumber of invited suppliers, tenders and evaluation results not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid-count, tenderer, scoring or evaluation data is present in the supplied record.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract period
99% confidence1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026
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Contract 1 period.
VAT treatment
99% confidence£49,050 excluding VAT; £58,860 including VAT
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Contract 1 value.amount and value.amountGross.
Extension or renewal options
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No extension or option terms are present in the supplied contract data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Interim continuity requirement
99% confidenceThe contract is expressly described as a short-term bridge to avoid a gap in supply between existing arrangements and a new contract.
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Tender description.
Commercial scale
99% confidenceThe published contract value is £49,050 excluding VAT for the full interim period.
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Contract 1 value.amount: 49050 GBP; period ends 31 December 2026.
Demand visibility
98% confidenceNo item quantities, price schedule, delivery frequency or product-level breakdown is published.
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The supplied notice data contains no quantities, unit prices, pricing schedule or delivery-frequency fields.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award and contract linkage
99% confidenceClear: contract 1 is linked to award 1, which relates to lot 1.
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Contract 1 awardID: 1; award 1 relatedLots and item relatedLot: 1.
Supplier verification
99% confidenceSupplier identity is verified against Companies House by company number.
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supplierVerification status: verified; matchMethod: company_number; verified company number 05368589.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
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Lot 1 title, description and value fields are null.
Competition and evaluation detail
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No tender count, bidder list, evaluation or award-rationale data is provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bidder numbers, tender prices, evaluation criteria, scores, award rationale and pricing breakdowns.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: extension, renewal and variation terms.
- No contract award date is provided separately from the signature date.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
FROSBURYS LIMITEDMayor's Office for Policing and CrimeMPS Mounted Branchfeed and bedding supplystable requisitesinterim contractFind a Tender
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the MPS Mounted Branch interim supply contract?
FROSBURYS LIMITED, verified by Companies House number 05368589.
What is the published contract value?
£49,050 excluding VAT, or £58,860 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
The published contract period is 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026.
Was the contract competitively procured?
The notice describes a below-threshold limited-competition procedure. Bid numbers and evaluation information were not published.
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