How to win: Portal Official Veterinary Services

About this contract

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

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Ashford Borough Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £2,400,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 7 December 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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