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AWC - Stray dog collection and kennelling service

Worthing Borough Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 14:00.

Opportunity overview

Adur District, Worthing Borough and Arun District council are seeking a provider to deliver it's stray dog and kennelling service. The council's are proposing to use an open tender process to appoint contracts across up to 2 lots; Lot 1: Adur and Worthing Councils Lot 2: Arun Council The Contract term will be up to 5 years with an initial 2 years terms and up to 3 x 1 year extensions. The service will involve the collection of reported stray dogs in the Adur, Arun or Worthing Council areas, their kennelling for up to 7 days and management of owner collection / unclaimed strays. This will include all relevant care and reporting requirements. In order to ensure that dogs can be collected from a suitable location this tender will be limited to providers who can offer kennelling locations within West Sussex or it's direct neighbours. This tender is limited to those providers who are able to demonstrate they have a valid and acceptable standard of dog kennel boarding license. Across all three areas the average number of dogs collected was 120 per year. It is anticipated that the tender will go live on the 12th of January 2026 and the contract will start from the 01st of April 2026.

Classification

  • CPV98380000 — Dog kennel services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-05f202
Status
planning
Above Threshold
No
Main Procurement Category
services

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
083228-2025
Description
Lot 2: description changed to note Arun instead of Adur.
Entry 2
Id
083412-2025
Description
The term remains at 5 years - but the split is a 2 years initial term with 3 x 1 year extensions available.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
12 Jan 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Ends
1 Apr 2031, 23:59
Starts
1 Apr 2026, 00:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
98380000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Dog kennel services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
081146-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
9 Dec 2025, 15:51
Entry 2
Id
083228-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
16 Dec 2025, 10:52
Entry 3
Id
083412-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
16 Dec 2025, 14:06

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
12 Jan 2026, 23:59
Description
There is no formal requirement to respond to this notice directly however if you would like to express an interest please sign up as a supplier on the Delta e-procurement portal: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/ and email procurement@adur-worthing.gov.uk with your company name, address and key contact information.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PWNT-2213-JRVP
Name
Worthing Borough Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKJ27
Country
GB
Locality
Worthing
Postal Code
BN11 1HA
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Worthing Town Hall

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PWNT-2213-JRVP
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Worthing · UKJ27 · BN11 1HA · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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