Official UK procurement notice
AWC - Stray dog collection and kennelling service
Authority: Adur District Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAdur District, Worthing Borough and Arun District council are seeking a provider to deliver it's stray dog and kennelling service.
The council's are proposing to use an open tender process to appoint contracts across up to 2 lots;
Lot 1: Arun Council
Lot 2: Adur and Worthing Councils
The Contract term will be up to 5 years with an initial 2 years terms and up to 3 x 1 year extensions.
The service will involve the collection of reported stray dogs in the Adur, Arun or Worthing Council areas, their kennelling for up to 7 days and management of owner collection / unclaimed strays. This will include all relevant care and reporting requirements.
In order to ensure that dogs can be collected from a suitable location this tender will be limited to providers who can offer kennelling locations within West Sussex or it's direct neighbours.
This tender is limited to those providers who are able to demonstrate they have a valid and acceptable standard of dog kennel boarding license.
Across all three areas the average number of dogs collected was 120 per year.
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CPV: Dog kennel services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£150,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Overall Quality: 60%
- Total Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Total Price: Assessed submission
- Overall Quality: Assessed submission
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 16 Jan 2026, 10:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Jan 2026, 14:05 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-003747- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06074cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 15 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
16 Jan 2026 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published285 days ago16 Jan 2026, 10:05 GMT
- Latest notice published280 days ago21 Jan 2026, 14:05 GMT
- Clarification questions by254 days ago15 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline254 days ago16 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts210 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jan 2026- Tender notice published16 Jan 2026, 10:05 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published21 Jan 2026, 14:05 GMTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Nuts codes removed - suitable for national providers with a local operation
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender