Official UK procurement notice
Dog Kennelling Services for Dangerous, Seized and Prisoners Dogs
Authority: The Chief Constable for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (Public body)·On behalf of: The Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Chief Constable of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary (the Contracting Authority) and The Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police are seeking to award a Framework for the provision of Dog Kennelling Services for Dangerous, Seized and Prisoners' Dogs.
The Framework will be divided into the following lots:
Lot 1A - Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary - Fully Managed Service
Lot 1B - Thames Valley Police - Fully Managed Service
Lot 2 - Other Services
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Sept 2030, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Dog kennel services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 25 Jan 2027
Published description of the framework
Lot 1A - Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary (HIOWC) - Fully Managed Service
HIOWC requires at least one Supplier (Kennel) to provide Dog Kennelling Services for all seized dogs that come into police care, namely dangerous, Section 1 illegal dogs, prisoner, animal welfare, deceased owner & hare coursing dogs.
At least one Supplier (Kennel) will be appointed for HIOWC and will be situated within Hampshire.
Lot 1B - Thames Valley Police (TVP) - Fully Managed Service
TVP requires one Supplier (Kennels) to provide Dog Kennelling Services for all seized dogs that come into police care, namely dangerous, Section 1 illegal dogs, prisoner, animal welfare, deceased owner & hare coursing dogs.
One Supplier (Kennel) will be appointed for TVP and will be situated within Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Berkshire
Lot 2 - Other Services
HIOWC and TVP requires Suppliers (Kennels) to provide a range of specified services and access to pools of dogs, as required. Under this lot (2), suppliers are not required to provide the full range of services. Bidders may select and deliver only those elements of the requirement that they are able to support, as specified in their tender submission.
It is the intention for individual requirements that the Nominated Officer will decide which Framework Kennels to be used on a case by case basis. This will be decided upon a number of factors, not necessarily in order of precedence including but not limited to: price, geographical location, availability, response time, needs of the specific animal and other operational factors.
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 3 lots carries the same published figure, £8,900,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Other Servicesceiling above
HIOWC and TVP requires Suppliers (Kennels) to provide a range of specified services and access to pools of dogs (listed below), as required. Under this lot (2), suppliers are not required to provide the full range of services.
Kennelling, movement and rehoming HIOWC.
Kennelling, movement and rehoming TVP.
Kennelling HIOWC.
Kennelling TVP.
It is the intention for individual requirements that the Nominated Officer will decide which Framework Kennels to be used on a case by case basis. This will be decided upon a number of factors, not necessarily in order of precedence including but not limited to: price, geographical location, availability, response time, needs of the specific animal and other operational factors.
Lot #2Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary (HIOWC) - Fully Managed Serviceceiling above
HIOWC requires at least one Supplier (Kennel) to provide Dog Kennelling Services for all seized dogs that come into police care, namely dangerous, Section 1 illegal dogs, prisoner, animal welfare, deceased owner & hare coursing dogs, for the below services:
Kennelling
Collections
Movement
Rehoming
At least one Supplier (Kennel) will be appointed for HIOWC and will be situated within Hampshire.
Lot #3Thames Valley Police (TVP) - Fully Managed Serviceceiling above
TVP requires at least one Supplier (Kennel) to provide Dog Kennelling Services for all seized dogs that come into police care, namely dangerous, Section 1 illegal dogs, prisoner, animal welfare, deceased owner & hare coursing dogs, for the below services:
Kennelling
Collections
Movement
Rehoming
At least one Supplier (Kennel) will be appointed for TVP and will be situated within Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Berkshire.
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 (1)
- Award Criteria: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Award Criteria
- “Dog Kennelling Services for Dangerous, Seized and Prisoners Dogs” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Sept 2030
- First published
- 10 Sept 2026, 14:05 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Sept 2026, 14:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 24 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
HIOWC0037- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-085912- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f6e0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 8 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All Tenders must be submitted through the in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshirepolice/ ↗ for the avoidance of doubt, submissions made by any other method will not be accepted.
If you have issues when registering/ submitting your bid, please contact the technical support team at [email protected] or 0845 557 8607.
Timeline
10 Sept 2026 → 25 Jan 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published46 days ago10 Sept 2026, 14:05 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends18 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown8 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 29 days24 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 90 days25 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published10 Sept 2026, 14:05 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- The Chief Constable of Thames Valley PoliceProcuring entityParticipating Contracting Authority on whose behalf this procurement is being conducted and will be entitled to award and manage contracts resulting from this procurement.
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender