Stray Dog Service Market Engagement

Published

12 December 2023

Place of performance

UKH31

Lots

1

Notice number

036549-2023

Reference

ocds-h6vhtk-0424ff

Official source

Official source

Description

As part of this market engagement, the Council invites electronic responses from organisations who are positioned to successfully provide the Council's Stray Dog Service. Based on the budget information available at the time, Southend-on-Sea City Council (the Council) published a contract notice relating to its Stray Dog Service (the Service) in August of 2023, on Contracts Finder. As part of that procurement process, the proposed pricing received in regard the future running of the Service came in between £250,000 and £350,000 (over the full duration of the proposed contract (5 Years)). As a result, the Council has withdrawn the procurement process to ensure compliance with its obligations under the legislation, including its responsibility to adequately advertise the opportunity and achieve best value. (For the avoidance of doubt, the sizable range between the figures provided above is to assist in protecting the commercially sensitive information received by the Council as part of the withdrawn procurement process.) In response to the updated commercial information made available to the Council, as part of the withdrawn procurement process, the Council are undertaking market eng…

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• FTS · 036549-2023 · 12 December 2023

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