Awarded contract

Dog Warden and Dog Kennelling Services

Details

Supplier(s)
Acorn Kennels Limited
Value
£166,650
Duration
2 years
Topic
Dog kennel services
Published
30 September 2026

Tender description

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is looking to award a contract for the provision of a Dog Warden and Dog Kennelling Services to discharge it's statutory duty of Public Protection under Section 149 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, as amended by Section 68 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005. Providers will be required to collect and detain stray dogs, return seized dogs to any identifiable owner, keep a register of stray dogs detained and retain the dogs for a period of seven days. ## Contract award

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published30 September 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date30 September 2026
  3. Next: Contract expiry date30 September 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is a local authority, and its Category Management team runs procurement from the Civic Centre. Contract opportunities are listed on the council's own tender-search portal and on the government's Contracts Finder service. Pro-Contract, the Supply Stoke and Staffordshire portal, hosts contract opportunities shared across Staffordshire councils. A Commercial Pipeline gives suppliers advance notice of upcoming contracts before they are formally advertised. Every tendering procedure follows the council's own Procurement Code alongside the Procurement Act 2023. An awarded contracts directory publishes the outcome of every past tender for suppliers to review.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Stoke-on-Trent City Council's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and health and social work.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 98380000 · Dog kennel services

AI insights

  • Is there a preferred supplier?
  • What are the buyers pain points?
  • What has the buyer previously procured?
  • What are the key requirements?
Sign-up to enrich

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Contact nameJob titlePhone numberWork email
Head of Procurement+44 •••• ••••••
Commercial Director+44 •••• ••••••
Procurement Manager+44 •••• ••••••
Category Lead+44 •••• ••••••
Senior Buyer+44 •••• ••••••
Contracts Manager+44 •••• ••••••

Related topics

Topics related to Dog Warden and Dog Kennelling Services, ranked by notice volume.

View all topics
TopicCountValue
  1. 1,180
    £1.4bn

Related buyers

Buyers similar to Stoke-on-Trent City Council.

View all buyers

Win more public sector contracts

Track every UK and Ireland tender in one place — set up alerts, find decision-makers, and never miss an opportunity.