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Published 1 Oct 2025, 16:15 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Stray Dogs Collection and Kennelling Contract - Soft Market Testing

Official notice

Authority: Slough Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesSME suitable
Sectors: Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 8 Dec 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 11 Jan 2028 · starts 12 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The soft market testing exercise aims to identify the potential to increase the number and type of organisations who would be interested in tendering for the Stray Dogs Collection and Kennelling Contract.

The Council would like to understand from key providers how these requirements might best be structured and is therefore carrying out a soft market testing exercise to engage in an informal dialogue prior to any formal procurement taking place

CPV: Dog kennel services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 2 yrsSME
Contract period: 12 Jan 2026 – 11 Jan 2028 (2 yrs)
Eligibility: SME eligible
98380000 Dog kennel services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
1 Oct 2025, 16:15 BST
Last source update
6 Oct 2025, 12:09 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062474
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Dog kennel services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a62e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

1 Oct 2025 → 12 Jan 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published391 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 16:15 BST
  2. Latest notice published386 days ago
    6 Oct 2025, 12:09 BST
  3. Market engagement377 days ago
    15 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

    The soft market testing exercise aims to identify the potential to increase the number and type of organisations who would be interested in tendering for the Stray Dogs Collection and Kennelling Contract.

    The Council would like to understand from key providers how these requirements might best be structured and is therefore carrying out a soft market testing exercise to engage in an informal dialogue prior to any formal procurement taking place.

    Please visit www.sesharedservices.org.uk/esourcing ↗ and use reference SBC – 038689 to find the project.

  4. Tender notice expected323 days ago
    8 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts289 days ago
    12 Jan 2026

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Oct 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Oct 2025, 16:15 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    6 Oct 2025, 12:09 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Slough Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMLW-2634-YYNX Observatory House, 25 Windsor Road, Slough, South East, SL1 2ELContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure