Council seeks interest to provide animal control services after hours

Horowhenua District Council is seeking Expressions of Interest from suppliers to provide animal control services after-hours.

Currently Council delivers these services, primarily relating to dogs and stock, in-house through a team of three full-time staff and one part-time staff-member. The staff also deliver the after-hours emergency response service.

However, Council is now exploring whether to contract out the ‘after-hours’ component and is seeking Expressions of Interest from suppliers who have the capability to supply the services.

The after-hours service needs are:

· Monday to Thursday from 4.00 pm to 7.30 am the next working day

· Fridays / weekends from 4.00 pm Friday until 7.30 am Monday

· Public holidays from 4.00 pm the day prior to 7.30 am the next normal working day.

Services to be provided include:

· Responding to reports of dog aggression, dog attacks, ‘secured’ found dogs, wandering stock on roads, Police requests for assistance, dead animals.

· Cleaning of Dog Pound and feeding of impounded dogs, weekends and public holidays.

· Documenting, by way of a job sheet, actions taken where a response has been provided (this may include the need to take witness statements.)

Copies of the document detailing the EOI for providing after-hours animal control services is available at Council's office at 126 Oxford Street, Levin. It is also available online at www.horowhenua.govt.nz/EOIAnimalControl

Expressions of Interest must be received by Council by 5pm Friday 8 May 2015.

ENDS

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