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Published 17 Sept 2026, 14:32 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure

Provision of a Dog Warden Service

Official notice
Authority:Manchester City Council(Local Council)
services
Open procedure
Above threshold
WTO GPA (GPA)
SME suitable
Published estimate
£315,000
≈ £62,965 / year
Submission deadline
12 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST
24d 19h leftTypical competition: 4 bidsThis authority · all categories · 24 months · n=73 bid reports
Clarification Cut-Off
1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Tender enquiry deadline · 1 lot
Contract duration
5 yrs (with extension options)
Starts 1 Feb 2027, 00:00 GMT

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: Manchester City Council: "Provision of a Dog Warden Service". Published status: active. Published value: £315,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

Official Requirement Description:

The requirement is for the contractor to provide a comprehensive dog warden service. The contractor would be required to respond to each report of a stray dog received within the city of Manchester. For clarity, this would include both roaming stray dogs and stray dogs that have been tethered or secured by the finder. The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk . Once registered, applicants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation relating to this opportunity. https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=b0f813d6-c794-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot #1
    Lot 1
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£315,000
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    1 Feb 2027 — 31 Jan 2032 (5 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    Turnover benchmark:
    ~£125,931/yr
    Options / extension:
    2 x 12 months
    Pre-Qualification & Selection Criteria (PQQ)
    • Economic & Financial
      See tender documents
    • Technical Capacity
      See tender documents
    • Economic & Financial
      See tender documents
    • Technical Capacity
      See tender documents

Published award criteria & contract terms

From this notice
Only criteria and terms published on this notice. Conditions of participation in the tender pack are not inferred.
Evaluation weighting
Quality: 120
Price: 80
Published as relative weights, not percentage points.
Published sub-criteria
  • Quality — 60
  • Quality — 60
  • Price — 40
  • Price — 40
Published terms
Contract duration5 yrs (with extension options)
Selection criteria are also published on 1 lot — see the lot list above.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Manchester City Council buys Dog kennel services (CPV 9838) — and who usually turns up

Manchester City Council’s own published record, next to the North West England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Manchester City Council

contract notices in 36 months: 7 in division 98 · 122 in all categories (19 direct)

Bids per lot4all categories · 36m · n=79 lots
Single-bid lots9%all categories · 36m · n=79 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateall categories · 36m · n=49 pairs
Deadline → award83dall categories · 36m · n=19 notices
Notice updates3all categories · 24m · n=135 notices
Awarded without competition0%division 98 · 36m · n=7 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=79
  • 1 bid 9%
  • 2–3 34%
  • 4–6 32%
  • 7+ 25%

Median 4 · 79 lots on 58 contested notices · all categories.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=49
  • Below estimate 31%
  • Within ±2% 55%
  • Above estimate 14%

49 lot pairs · all categories.

The market · delivery region

North West England · Dog kennel services (CPV 9838)

contract notices delivered in North West England in 36 months: 8 in CPV 9838 (8 contested) · 255 in division 98 (223 contested)

Bids per lot1CPV 9838 · 36m · n=4 lots
Single-bid lots75%CPV 9838 · 36m · n=4 lots
Award vs estimateat estimatedivision 98 · 36m · n=48 pairs
Deadline → award38ddivision 98 · 36m · n=44 notices
SME bidders100%CPV 9838 · 36m · n=4 lots
Winners based in the region100%CPV 9838 · 36m · n=4 awards
Bids per lot moderate · n=4
  • 1 bid 75%
  • 2–3 25%
  • 4–6 0%
  • 7+ 0%

Median 1 · 4 lots on 2 contested notices · CPV 9838.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=48
  • Below estimate 33%
  • Within ±2% 48%
  • Above estimate 19%

48 lot pairs · division 98.

robust · n=49 Awards in Manchester City Council (all categories, n=49 pairs) land a median at estimate: on this notice’s £315,000 that is about £315,000. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

Procedure methodOpen procedureLegal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54
Procurement Act 2023
Procurement categoryservices
Notice statusOpen for tenderProcurement threshold
Above threshold
(FTS publication)
Regulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO covered{"GPA"}
Recurring procurementYes · Anticipated re-tenderFirst published17 Sept 2026, 14:32 BSTLast source update17 Sept 2026, 14:32 BST
Award evaluation windowSubmission end — 2 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMTClassification (CPV)Dog kennel services
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-07748d

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
Authorized E-Sourcing Portal
Official Buyer Portal
Online submission allowed
Language: EN
Expression of interest (EOI)—Tender submission deadline
12 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST
Clarification deadline
1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Submission channelOfficial e-sourcing portalElectronic submissionAllowedAccepted languagesen
Participation feeFree of charge (Open access)
Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
From official release
The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk . Once registered, applicants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation relating to this opportunity. Applicants will need to electronically submit their completed tender documents, including procurement specific questionnaire, via the on-line portal by 11am on 12th October 2026 as referred to in the tender documentation. Any clarification queries must also be submitted via the Chest website by the date referred to in the tender documentation.
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    17 Sept 2026, 14:32 BST
  2. Clarification deadline
    1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    12 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Awards (0)No award published
Contracts (0)No contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 lines · 1 source events
  1. Official notice release published
    17 Sept 2026, 14:32 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Manchester City Council

Contracting authority
Local Council
GB-PPON-PLNV-8798-LDMP
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Official Documents & Specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

  • Tender notice on Find a Tender

    tender
    Tender notice
    17 Sept 2026, 14:32 BST

  • Conflict of interest declaration

    tender
    Conflict of interest declaration
    Notice declares: Not published

  • The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk . Once registered, applicants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation r…

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    Bidding documents & specifications