Dog Kennelling Services for Dangerous, Seized and Prisoners Dogs

AI Summary

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary together with Thames Valley Police are procuring a comprehensive framework for dog kennelling services to manage all dogs that come into police care under seized, dangerous, Section 1 illegal, prisoner, animal welfare, deceased owner and hare‑coursing categories. The framework is divided into three lots: Lot 1A is a fully managed service for Hampshire and Isle of Wight, Lot 1B offers a similarly managed service covering Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, and Lot 2 provides a flexible range of services that suppliers may deliver on a case‑by‑case basis, with the specific kennel chosen by the contracting officer according to factors such as price, proximity, availability and operational suitability.

Suppliers will be required to provide kennelling as well as collections, movement and rehoming duties for these seized dogs, ensuring that all service delivery complies with applicable animal welfare legislation and standards for the care of dangerous and legally restricted animals.

Description

The Chief Constable of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary (the Contracting Authority) and The Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police are seeking to award a Framework for the provision of Dog Kennelling Services for Dangerous, Seized and Prisoners' Dogs.
The Framework will be divided into the following lots:
Lot 1A - Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary - Fully Managed Service
Lot 1B - Thames Valley Police - Fully Managed Service
Lot 2 - Other Services

Contract location: UKJ3
Communication: All Tenders must be submitted through the https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshirepolice/ for the avoidance of doubt, submissions made by any other method will not be accepted. If you have issues when registering/ submitting your bid, please contact the technical support team at support@in-tend.co.uk or 0845 557 8607.
This is a recurrent procurement: Yes
Submission address and any special instructions: All Tenders must be submitted through the https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshirepolice/ for the avoidance of doubt, submissions made by any other method will not be accepted. If you have issues when registering/ submitting your bid, please contact the technical support team at support@in-tend.co.uk or 0845 557 8607.
Tenders may be submitted electronically: allowed
Award decision date (estimated): 2026-11-24T23:59:59Z
Recurring procurement:
Publication date of next tender notice (estimated): 2030-09-01T23:59:59+01:00

Lot: 1A
Description: HIOWC requires at least one Supplier (Kennel) to provide Dog Kennelling Services for all seized dogs that come into police care, namely dangerous, Section 1 illegal dogs, prisoner, animal welfare, deceased owner & hare coursing dogs, for the below services: Kennelling Collections Movement Rehoming At least one Supplier (Kennel) will be appointed for HIOWC and will be situated within Hampshire.
Lot value (estimated)
8.900.000,00 GBP excluding VAT
10.680.000,00 GBP including VAT

Lot: 1B
Description: TVP requires at least one Supplier (Kennel) to provide Dog Kennelling Services for all seized dogs that come into police care, namely dangerous, Section 1 illegal dogs, prisoner, animal welfare, deceased owner & hare coursing dogs, for the below services: Kennelling Collections Movement Rehoming At least one Supplier (Kennel) will be appointed for TVP and will be situated within Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Berkshire.
Lot value (estimated)
8.900.000,00 GBP excluding VAT
10.680.000,00 GBP including VAT

Lot: 2
Description: HIOWC and TVP requires Suppliers (Kennels) to provide a range of specified services and access to pools of dogs (listed below), as required. Under this lot (2), suppliers are not required to provide the full range of services. Kennelling, movement and rehoming HIOWC. Kennelling, movement and rehoming TVP. Kennelling HIOWC. Kennelling TVP. It is the intention for individual requirements that the Nominated Officer will decide which Framework Kennels to be used on a case by case basis. This will be decided upon a number of factors, not necessarily in order of precedence including but not limited to: price, geographical location, availability, response time, needs of the specific animal and other operational factors.
Lot value (estimated)
8.900.000,00 GBP excluding VAT
10.680.000,00 GBP including VAT

Award criteria:
NameTypeWeighting
Award Criteriaquality100%

Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: En

Details

Status:
Closed
Procedure type:
Open Procedure
Sectors:
98380000 - Dog kennel services
Place of origin:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Places of performance:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Deadline:
Oct 8, 2026, 11:00 AM
Contract duration:
Start date: 25 January 2027, End date: 24 January 2031
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