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Official procurement procedure
FEW1515 - Pet Boarding and Stray Dogs Service
Health and social work services
Other community
social and personal services
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Leicester City Council: "FEW1515 - Pet Boarding and Stray Dogs Service". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Leicester City Council | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | complete No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Leicester City Council
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Leicester City Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
4.8Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate availablePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 149 active published awards; 144 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityLeicester City Council | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statuscomplete | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published1 Aug 2025, 15:18 BST | Last source update1 Aug 2025, 15:18 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationHealth and social work services, Other community, social and personal services | ||
Delivery area | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-056b88 | ||
What is being bought
The provision of Dog Kennelling and Pet Boarding Services is a a necessary and statutory offer within Adult Social Care.
As part of the Authority’s duty under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, where the Authority cannot identify a stray dog’s owner or cannot return the dog, it is then taken to contracted kennels to be looked after for up to the seven clear days from the seizure.
As part of the Authority’s duty under the Care Act 2014, the Authority has a duty to take reasonable steps to prevent or mitigate the loss or damage to an adult’s property where:
• The adult is being cared for in hospital or in accommodation such as a care home, and,
• it appears to a local authority that there is a danger of loss or damage to moveable property (including pets) of the adults in the authority’s area because either; the adult is unable (whether permanently or temporarily) to protect or deal with the property and no suitable arrangements have been or are being made.
What changed
From the official release history
- Status changed to complete
1 Aug 2025, 15:18 BST - Official notice release published
1 Aug 2025, 15:18 BST - Buyer information updated
1 Aug 2025, 15:18 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedcancelledPublished valueNot publishedLeicester City Council invited Tenders from Suppliers for the provision of dog kennelling and pet boarding services in January 2025. No tenders were received, the procurement exercise was aborted and a contract was direct awarded under Regulation 32(2)(a) of the PCR 2015 due to the service being a necessary and statutory offer within Adult Social Care given it helps the Authority meet its Care Act duties in relation to people’s belongings. It is also a required service to manage appropriately any stray dogs in the city on behalf of NES.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
1 Aug 2025, 15:18 BST - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 21 May 2025, 00:00 BST · £334,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards ANIMAL CARE SERVICES MIDLANDS LIMITED Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts Contract £334,000 · signed 21 May 2025, 00:00 BST · active |
Bid statistics bids: 1 (lot 1) |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Leicester City Council
Contracting authority GB-FTS-550Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
No linked documents are published
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleLeicester City Council invited Tenders from Suppliers for the provision of dog kennelling and pet boarding services in January 2025.
No tenders were received, the procurement exercise was aborted and a contract was direct awarded under Regulation 32(2)(a) of the PCR 2015 due to the service being a necessary and statutory offer within Adult Social Care given it helps the Authority meet its Care Act duties in relation to people’s belongings. It is also a required service to manage appropriately any stray dogs in the city on behalf of NES |