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# Veterinary Delivery Partnership

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/veterinary-delivery-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-069810). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal): "Veterinary Delivery Partnership". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £500,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/animal-and-plant-health-agency-defra-network-etendering-port-gov-ea1079)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £500,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Agricultural services, Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products, Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services, Animal husbandry services, Services incidental to agricultural production (+2 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKJ, UKK, UKL
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/veterinary-delivery-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-069810#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-069810`

## 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:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **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/veterinary-delivery-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-069810#tl-md)

## 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 03000000, 75130000, 77000000, 77100000, 77110000, 77500000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKJ, UKK, UKL
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2027 to 31/03/2032
- **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%2F044081-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-13T14:53:41.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T12:30:48.817Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-069810