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title: "AWC - Stray dog collection and kennelling service"
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# AWC - Stray dog collection and kennelling service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/awc-stray-dog-collection-and-kennelling-service-ocds-h6vhtk-05f202). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Worthing Borough Council: "AWC - Stray dog collection and kennelling service". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £175,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Worthing Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/worthing-borough-council-ons-e07000229)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £175,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Dog kennel services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/awc-stray-dog-collection-and-kennelling-service-ocds-h6vhtk-05f202#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05f202`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/awc-stray-dog-collection-and-kennelling-service-ocds-h6vhtk-05f202#tl-md)

## Description
Adur 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: Adur and Worthing Councils
Lot 2: Arun Council
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.
It is anticipated that the tender will go live on the 12th of January 2026 and the contract will start from the 01st of April 2026.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 98380000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 01/04/2031

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F083412-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-16T14:06:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T03:56:23.772Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05f202