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title: "Portal Official Veterinary Services"
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# Portal Official Veterinary Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/portal-official-veterinary-services-ocds-h6vhtk-07ba4a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** ABC is looking to procure services to be provided by an external provider of twelve qualified official veterinarians, to conduct official controls on products of animal origin. Ashford Port Health is the Port Health Authority for the Channel Tunnel and the Port of Dover, with duties in respect of goods arriving from overseas which includes products of animal origin. Portal Official Veterinarians are required to conduct official controls under retain EU regulations 2017/615 and 2019/627, and others in relation to products of animal origin.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (open for submissions, 24 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [Ashford Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ashford-borough-council-ons-e07000105)
- **Published Value:** £2,400,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 December 2026 at 10:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Veterinary services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/portal-official-veterinary-services-ocds-h6vhtk-07ba4a#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-07ba4a`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** not shown for these lots; the published data do not support one.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/portal-official-veterinary-services-ocds-h6vhtk-07ba4a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [kentbusinessportal.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kentbusinessportal.org.uk%2Frespond%2F6HJ8SRKSUT)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/portal-official-veterinary-services-ocds-h6vhtk-07ba4a#participate

## Description
ABC is looking to procure services to be provided by an external provider of twelve qualified official veterinarians, to conduct official controls on products of animal origin.  Ashford Port Health is the Port Health Authority for the Channel Tunnel and the Port of Dover, with duties in respect of goods arriving from overseas which includes products of animal origin. Portal Official Veterinarians are required to conduct official controls under retain EU regulations 2017/615 and 2019/627, and others in relation to products of animal origin
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: 
https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Ashford:-Veterinary-services./6HJ8SRKSUT
To respond to this opportunity, please click here: 
https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/6HJ8SRKSUT

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85200000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £2,400,000

- **Contract Period:** 08/02/2027 to 07/02/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F107439-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-11-12T10:31:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-12T12:54:16.343Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-07ba4a
- **Licence:** Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.