Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Veterinary Services on behalf of the Imported Food Office (Heathrow Airport), London Borough of Hillingdon
Notice Description
The London Borough of Hillingdon (Hillingdon) manages imported food and feed controls at London Heathrow Airport's Imported Food Office (IFO). They oversee import controls on nonanimal origin products and fishery products, and issue export certifications for various products leaving the UK. Legislation mandates that Products of Animal Origin (POAO) enter the UK only through approved Border Control Posts (BCP). The BCP at Heathrow is approved for both human and non-human consumption products, handling items such like fishery products, meat, honey, blood products and hunting trophies. Hillingdon seeked an Official Veterinary Surgeons (OVS) provider to monitor BCP operations and conduct veterinary checks on POAO. The OVS must be members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and will work exclusively at the IFO, also assisting with export certification when needed. The inspections of the two products is required at BCP facilities at Heathrow: * Eurobip - Unit 2, X2, Eastern Perimeter Road, TW6 2GE * Heathrow Perishable Centre - Building 588 Sandringham Road, TW6 3SF The Contract is for an initial term of three (3) years with an extendable option for a period of two (2) years, giving a total of five (5) years (the Term).
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The contract can be extended for 2 years (24 months) from 1st April 2029
Planning Information
This event will be held via MS Teams: Wednesday 30th April 2025 from 10.00am - 1.30pm Please register your interest in this event by Friday 25th April 2025 (12pm) please email: procurement@hillindgon.gov.uk with 'Pre Market Engagement- LB - Veterinary Services' in the email subject.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04fddd
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073175-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85200000 - Veterinary services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £4,295,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £4,295,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £3,799,365 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 13 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 9 May 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 31 Oct 20253 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@hillingdon.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- UXBRIDGE
- Postcode
- UB8 1UW
- Post Town
- Southall
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI7 Outer London - West and North West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI74 Harrow and Hillingdon
- Delivery Location
- TLI74 Harrow and Hillingdon
-
- Local Authority
- Hillingdon
- Electoral Ward
- Uxbridge
- Westminster Constituency
- Uxbridge and South Ruislip
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073175-2025
12th November 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020896-2025
13th May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018442-2025
1st May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013305-2025
7th April 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Registration/Register
The full suite of tender document can be found via the tender portal, Proactis. Interested bidders must ensure they are registered on Proactis to access the opportunity
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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