Provide a patrol/narcotics detection canine

The Cass County Sheriff's Office is seeking a dual purpose K-9 that will perform narcotics detection duties to identify and locate narcotics substances. In addition to its narcotics detection duties, the canine will be trained and utilized as a multi-purpose patrol dog that will have the abilities to enhance patrol operations by a trained officer in building searches, area search, article search, tracking, intruder detection, and patrol officer safety and criminal apprehension.

The vendor will be required to perform the following specific tasks:

1. Provide a patrol/narcotics detection canine (1-3 years of age, Belgian Malinois or German Shepherd/Belgian Malinois mix) vendor will provide health guarantee and the canine must pass a physical at veterinarian of Cass County Sheriff's Office choosing.
2. Cass County Sheriff's Office reserves the right to approve offered canines.
3. Canine shall be able to demonstrate control and confidence while performing various tasks.
4. Canine shall be imprinted and trained with actual narcotic substances (cocaine, meth and heroin, fentanyl).
5. Canine shall be proficient in the areas of performance:
- Tracking (various types of surfaces)
- Area Search (urban and rural environments)
- Building Search (able to perform on various floor surfaces)
- Article Search (various types of objects with human odor)
6. Canine shall be proficient in aggression control/apprehension in various types of deployment and environmental settings. (Strong in the bite, outs, call offs and resends, gun fire, pat downs, deployment from vehicle, runaway apprehension, vehicle extractions, re-engage decoy and handler protection).
7. Canine shall be proficient, demonstrate confidence and control while performing obedience (sit, stay, down, down stay, heel and turns, moving stay, moving down, recall, long down and hand signals).
8. Canine shall possess strong social skills (user friendly for canine handler and desirable for public demonstration).
9. Vendor shall provide a curriculum and course outline of a canine/handler training at the contractor's location. A lifetime of refresher training at the contractor's location shall be included with the canine also.
10. Vendor shall be available upon subpoena to present testimony in the courts of the State when necessary to establish proof of training qualifications for canine teams.

Bids** shall be submitted in a **sealed envelope** to Lieutenant Darren Doherty at the Cass County Office no later than **Friday, November 13, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

The vendor must guarantee the quoted prices for a period of **120 days**.

The vendor must demonstrate that he or she possesses the following qualifications:

• Experience in handling patrol/narcotics detection canines.
• Experience in training patrol/narcotics detection canines.
• Have a facility within sixty (60) miles of the Cass County Sheriff's Office where handler school, certifications, and yearly training can be conducted.

The proposal must include an executive summary, project approach and methodology, canine, references (a minimum of three), qualifications, and cost. The Cass County Sheriff's Office reserves the right to refuse any and all bids.