Monaghan County Council wishes to tender for: Provision of Dog Pound Facility and Related Services

Monaghan County Council

Monaghan County Council would like to procure dog pound services to ensure the secure accommodation, care, control, and processing of seized, stray, and unwanted dogs. These services ensure compliance with the Control of Dogs Act and safeguard animal welfare and public safety. Areas of responsibility will fall under the following categories: โ€ข Facility - Secure, clean kennels; adequate capacity; safe environment โ€ข Dog Care โ€“ Daily feeding, exercise, cleaning, welfare monitoring โ€ข Dog Health Services - Treatment, vaccinations, microchipping, humane euthanasia (when necessary at 3rd party Veterinary Practice) โ€ข Public Interface - Managing dog reclaims and rehoming; communication โ€ข Legal Compliance - Record keeping, adherence to dog control laws โ€ข Coordination - Work closely with dog wardens and council staff

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-04-30. The procurement was published on 2026-03-25.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2026-03-25 Contract notice
Contract notice (2026-03-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Monaghan County Council wishes to tender for: Provision of Dog Pound Facility and Related Services
Short description:
Monaghan County Council would like to procure dog pound services to ensure the secure accommodation, care, control, and processing of seized, stray, and unwanted dogs. These services ensure compliance with the Control of Dogs Act and safeguard animal welfare and public safety. Areas of responsibility will fall under the following categories: โ€ข Facility - Secure, clean kennels; adequate capacity; safe environment โ€ข Dog Care โ€“ Daily feeding, exercise, cleaning, welfare monitoring โ€ข Dog Health Services - Treatment, vaccinations, microchipping, humane euthanasia (when necessary at 3rd party Veterinary Practice) โ€ข Public Interface - Managing dog reclaims and rehoming; communication โ€ข Legal Compliance - Record keeping, adherence to dog control laws โ€ข Coordination - Work closely with dog wardens and council staff
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Dog kennel services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 550 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Additional products/services: Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Other
Green Procurement Criteria: Other Green Public Procurement criteria
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Border ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 3 years
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-04-30 16:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-04-30 16:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7785801
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 180 days
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-04-30 16:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7785801
Electronic invoicing: Required
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-04-23 16:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Monaghan County Council
National registration number: 0479834C
Postal address: The Glen Rd. Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
Postal code: H18 YT50
Postal town: Monaghan
Region: Border ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: procurement@monaghancoco.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 3534730500 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: http://monaghan.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: http://monaghan.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=7785801 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7785801 ๐ŸŒ
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2026/S 060-209077 (2026-03-25)