Veterinary Delivery Partnership

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.