Provision and Operation of a Horse Seizure Service and Horse Pound Facility
South Dublin County Council invites tenders for the
provision of horse seizure service and horse pound facility
for the four Local Authorities - South Dublin County Council,
Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council and Dun
Laoghaire Rathdown County Council.
All tenders submitted should be in respect of provision of
service to all of the Relevant Local Authorities. For the
avoidance of doubt, each Local Authority will enter into a
separate contract with the successful Tenderer in respect of
their individual administrative areas. The commencement
date of the contract shall be at the discretion of the individual
Relevant Local Authorities.
For operational purposes, the successful Tenderer shall
communicate directly with the individual Relevant Local
Authority. Monthly invoices in arrears shall be forwarded to
each of the Local Authorities for processing by them.
The contract term shall be for an initial period of one year
with the option, at the sole discretion of the Relevant Local
Authorities, to extend for a further period not exceeding two
(2) years.
Based on previous years, it is estimated that the total
number of horse seizures across the four (4) Local
Authorities will be approximately 600 to 1000 horses per
annum.
The horse seizure service will consist of the rounding up
and seizure of stray or wandering horses and their removal
to a horse pound facility to be provided by the successful
Tenderer and will also include all or any of the powers,
duties and functions of an authorised person for the
purpose of the Control of Horses Act, 1996. Tenderers
should note that in certain cases, in order to avoid
confrontation, seizures may be most successfully conducted
outside of normal working hours and Tenderers should
make provision for this requirement when pricing their
tender.
In operating the horse seizure service, the successful
Tenderer will be required to implement the provisions of the
Control of Horses Act 1996 together
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2013-12-02.
The procurement was published on 2013-10-23.
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Procurement history
| Date |
Document |
| 2013-10-23
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Contract notice
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