Estimated Value
Up to £135,000
Deadline
26 November 2026
21 days remaining
Published
5 November 2026
Type
Not specified
At a glance
- Estimated value
- £135,000
- Closing date
- 26 November 2026 (21 days left)
- Published
- 5 November 2026
- Location
- East Midlands
- Type
- open procedure
- Likely incumbent
- Waterman Aspen, current contract ends March 2027
- Latest notice
- UK4 tender notice (Procurement Act 2023)
- Published on
- Find a Tender
Overview
The Council is to procure a Pet Boarding and Animal Care Service that supports the delivery of statutory duties and responsibilities in emergency circumstances where an individual receiving support from Adult Social Care and Health is temporarily unable to care for their pet. The Contract shall provide a responsive, flexible and welfare-focused service capable of supporting emergency admissions. The Provider shall work collaboratively with The Council and other relevant organisations to ensure that animals are cared for safely, lawfully and in accordance with recognised standards of animal welfare.
Eligibility & compliance
The Provider shall be required to deliver short term services in a manner that recognises the welfare needs of the animal.
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Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
Waterman Aspen
10 contracts wonlatest 30 Sept 2026ends 31 Mar 2027£544,795
total awarded
- 2
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7 contracts wonlatest 30 Sept 2026ends 31 Mar 2027£387,948
total awarded
- 3
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total awarded
- 4
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total awarded
- 5
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total awarded
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Derbyshire County CouncilKey Dates
Published
5 November 2026
Submission deadline
26 November 2026
Notice type
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