Stale Pre-tender

Stray Dogs Collection and Kennelling Contract - Soft Market Testing

Details

Topic
Dog kennel services
Published
1 October 2025
Submission
15 October 2025

Tender description

The soft market testing exercise aims to identify the potential to increase the number and type of organisations who would be interested in tendering for the Stray Dogs Collection and Kennelling Contract. The Council would like to understand from key providers how these requirements might best be structured and is therefore carrying out a soft market testing exercise to engage in an informal dialogue prior to any formal procurement taking place

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published1 October 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

Slough Borough Council buys as a local authority, procuring through a central corporate function that serves every department. Every purchase follows the council's own code of practice. Government-appointed commissioners have overseen the council since 2021 and required an independent review of procurement and contract management.

Over the past 5 years, most of Slough Borough Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, transport equipment and construction work.

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