Notice Information
Notice Title
Veterinary Delivery Partnership
Notice Description
This notice is published to call for interested parties regarding our upcoming Veterinary Delivery Partnership ("VDP") reprocurement to: 1. Attend a market engagement presentation, to be held via MS Teams, on Wednesday 17th June 2026 at 3 pm - 5pm. 2. Attend a 1-on-1 market engagement session, to be held via MS Teams, on Wednesday 24th June 2026. This will be your opportunity to provide feedback regarding the market engagement presentation to our commercial, contract management & veterinary colleagues. Depending on demand, we anticipate allocating a 45 minute slot to each supplier / party. To register your interest in the above, please contact Tom Redfearn (contact information is below). By way of context, and as described in our prior notice: * APHA is anticipating going to market in Autumn 2026 to retender our long standing VDP contracts. * VDP is APHA's primary mechanism for contracting with the veterinary sector in England & Wales to deliver key veterinary services, including routine TB testing of cattle and the provision of veterinary resource to support APHA during animal disease outbreaks. * The length of the contract we tender for will be determined during market engagement. Presently, APHA is open to a range of options. * We are seeking to have new contracts commence in April 2027, with full service commencement on 1 September 2027.
Planning Information
We are calling for interested parties regarding our upcoming Veterinary Delivery Partnership (“VDP”) reprocurement to: 1. Attend a market engagement presentation, to be held via MS Teams, on Wednesday 17th June 2026 at 3 pm – 5pm. 2. Attend a 1-on-1 market engagement session, to be held via MS Teams, on Wednesday 24th June 2026. This will be your opportunity to provide feedback regarding the market engagement presentation to our commercial, contract management & veterinary colleagues. Depending on demand, we anticipate allocating a 45 minute slot to each supplier / party. To register your interest in the above, please contact Tom Redfearn (contact information is below).
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-069810
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044081-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
03 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
85 - Health and social work services
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- CPV Codes
03000000 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
75130000 - Supporting services for the government
77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
77100000 - Agricultural services
77110000 - Services incidental to agricultural production
77500000 - Animal husbandry services
85200000 - Veterinary services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 May 2026Yesterday
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Oct 20265 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2032 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 4DF
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England), TLL Wales
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044081-2026
13th May 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044071-2026
13th May 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
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