Official UK procurement notice
HDC CBC Stray Dog Collection and Kennelling Service
Authority: Horsham District Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
Horsham District Council & Crawley Borough Council (the Authorities) invite tenders for the provision of a Stray Dog Collection & Kennelling Service as set out in these documents. Horsham District Council is the Lead procuring Authority and all references to 'the Council' refer to the lead procuring authority. The Contracts will be awarded for a period of 2 years until 31st March 2029, with an option to extend for a further 2 year period (made up of 2 individual 12 month periods) subject to performance and the absolute discretion of the Council. The contracting Council will be required to provide a copy of the contract to any successor council at least six months prior to the transfer or as soon as possible. This Information for Bidders document contains the information and instructions that Bidders need to ensure that a compliant and completed tender is submitted. Published lot titles: HDC Stray Dog Collection and Kennelling Service; CBC Stray Dog Collection and Kennelling Service.
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionHorsham District Council & Crawley Borough Council (the Authorities) invite tenders for the provision of a Stray Dog Collection & Kennelling Service as set out in these documents. Horsham District Council is the Lead procuring Authority and all references to 'the Council' refer to the lead procuring authority.
The Commencement Date for the delivery of the services is scheduled to be on 1st April 2027 at 00:00 hours. The Contracts will be awarded for a period of 2 years until 31st March 2029, with an option to extend for a further 2 year period (made up of 2 individual 12 month periods) subject to performance and the absolute discretion of the Council.
The Councils are procuring these contracts following the Open Procedure under the UK Procurement Act 2023 (and its supporting Regulations) and Horsham District Council's Procurement Code. Each Council will be awarding one contract for the provision of all services detailed in their respective lot to the winning bidder.
Information on the service lots are contained in the specifications. Suppliers can bid on all Lots within their submission, or Lot 1 or Lot 2 only.
The Councils are currently in a process for local government reorganisation and as a result the contract will automatically transfer to any successor authority. The contracting Council will be required to provide a copy of the contract to any successor council at least six months prior to the transfer or as soon as possible.
The Councils are seeking to contract with an organisation that will manage the Services to the highest levels of satisfaction, professional standards and cost effectiveness. The Contractor will be expected to deliver improvements to service delivery and value for money over the life of the contract.
This Information for Bidders document contains the information and instructions that Bidders need to ensure that a compliant and completed tender is submitted. Please read the Information for Bidders document carefully as failure to comply with any instructions may result in the rejection or disqualification of your tender from this tender process.
CPV: Dog kennel services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£240,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1HDC Stray Dog Collection and Kennelling ServiceRenewalPublished value£120,000
Horsham District Council (the Authority) invite tenders for the provision of a Stray Dog Collection & Kennelling Service as set out in these documents. Horsham District Council is the Lead procuring Authority and all references to 'the Council' refer to the lead procuring authority.
Lot #2CBC Stray Dog Collection and Kennelling ServiceRenewalPublished value£120,000
Crawley Borough Council (the Authority) invite tenders for the provision of a Stray Dog Collection & Kennelling Service as set out in these documents. Horsham District Council is the Lead procuring Authority and all references to 'the Council' refer to the lead procuring authority.
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 award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- Turnover usually expected: about £119,836 per lot (twice each lot's annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Horsham District Council buys Dog kennel services (CPV 9838), and who usually turns up
Horsham District Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Dog kennel services (CPV 9838) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South East England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 38 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid13% / 80%
2–30% / 20%
4–638% / 0%
7+50% / 0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate40%
Within ±2%47%
Above estimate13%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1HDC Stray Dog Collection and Kennelling ServiceCPV 9838Published estimate£120k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 36 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid25%
2–361%
4–611%
7+3%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
Lot #2CBC Stray Dog Collection and Kennelling ServiceCPV 9838Published estimate£120k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 36 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid25%
2–361%
4–611%
7+3%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder appears in live search, the Retender Radar, contract pages, organisation counts and the buyer's decision figure; the other analytical figures are built from Find a Tender notices.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Nov 2026, 16:04 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Nov 2026, 16:04 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 29 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
HMDC - 039282- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106378- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b7eeFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 7 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Dec 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
9 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice publishedjust passed9 Nov 2026, 16:04 GMT
- Today9 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 37 days16 Dec 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 58 days7 Jan 2027, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 81 days29 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 142 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published9 Nov 2026, 16:04 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Crawley Borough CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical specifications Main website: https://supplier.in-tend.co.uk/sesharedservices/home Specific link to project: https://supplier.in-tend.co.uk/sesharedservices/tenders/details/cecc5c11-3c2e-4547-abc1-8b5a27765fce
- Bidding documents and specifications All documents available to view for free using this link.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender