Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 23 Apr 2026, 10:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

The Collections and Boarding of Banned Breeds, Dangerous and Seized Dogs, Including Destruction of Dogs

Authority: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsends 30 Jun 2030 · starts 1 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

South Yorkshire Police is currently in the early stages of developing the requirements for a contract covering the Collection and Boarding of Banned Breeds, Dangerous Dogs and Seized Dogs, including the Destruction of Dogs.

As part of this work, we are engaging with the market at an early stage to gather insight from potential suppliers. This will help us shape the most appropriate contractual approach and ensure that any future tender is practical, well structured and attractive to the market.

Please note that this activity does not constitute an invitation to tender and is not a request for formal expressions of interest. Instead, this market engagement aims to gather insights from suppliers to understand market capacity, gauge interest, and ensure that the planned procurement is feasible and aligned with current industry capabilities.

CPV: Dog kennel services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2030 (4 yrs)
Delivery: Yorkshire & HumberEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority buys Dog kennel services (CPV 9838), and who usually turns up

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Dog kennel services (CPV 9838) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerSouth Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 17 of 63 known-size awards · market: CPV 9838 · UK-wide, n=36
27%92%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means registered in Yorkshire and the Humber.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 26 of 75 known-location awards · market: CPV 9838 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=5
35%20%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside Yorkshire and the Humber.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 16 decided notices · market: CPV 9838 · UK-wide, n=14
32 days40 days

Half of these awards were announced within 32 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 55 of 94 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 9838 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=5
59%80%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer24 lots with bid counts · all categories
4% had one bid
The market22 lots with bid counts · CPV 9838 · UK-wide
64% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid4% / 64%
Buyer: 1 of 24 lots with published bid counts. Market: 14 of 22 lots with published bid counts.
2–321% / 36%
Buyer: 5 of 24 lots with published bid counts. Market: 8 of 22 lots with published bid counts.
4–633% / 0%
Buyer: 8 of 24 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 22 lots with published bid counts.
7+42% / 0%
Buyer: 10 of 24 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 22 lots with published bid counts.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer20 lots with estimate and award · all categories
50% below estimate
The market13 lots with estimate and award · CPV 9838 · UK-wide
38% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate50% / 38%
Buyer: 10 of 20 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 13 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%45% / 54%
Buyer: 9 of 20 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 7 of 13 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate5% / 8%
Buyer: 1 of 20 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 1 of 13 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 #1CPV 983848 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

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 35 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet29% single-bid risk
Past bids on 35 similar lots
1 bid29%
10 of 35 similar past lots received 1 bid (29%).
2–337%
13 of 35 similar past lots received 2–3 (37%).
4–631%
11 of 35 similar past lots received 4–6 (31%).
7+3%
1 of 35 similar past lots received 7+ (3%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

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.

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.

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), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • 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
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
23 Apr 2026, 10:08 BST
Last source update
23 Apr 2026, 10:08 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-036922
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Dog kennel services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06893f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

23 Apr 2026 → 1 Jul 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published180 days ago
    23 Apr 2026, 10:08 BST
  2. Market engagement173 days ago
    30 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST

    The pre market engagement document can be found on sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/home ↗

    Information regarding how to register can be found on the portal. Should you have any difficulties or require further help support is available as follows:

     By Email: [email protected]

     By Telephone: 0114 407 0065 during office hours ONLY (08.30 to 17.00)

  3. Contract starts112 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Apr 2026, 10:08 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDBT-6675-QXPN 11 Broad Street West, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S1 2BQContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure