6217124 - Preliminary Market Engagement for an Air Ambulance/Air Transfer Service

Official notice

Authority: Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service (Central government)

Services

Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice

Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Dec 2031 · starts 1 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to seek additional engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the service for an Air Ambulance/Air Transfer Service. To this end the Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI), wish to engage with potential suppliers to obtain a market view of the potential requirements through the completion of a Questionnaire. Any interested Suppliers are required to submit their response through the eTendersNI secure messaging area of the Call for Tender (CfT) Ref: 6217124. All correspondence in relation to this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise must be communicated via the eTendersNI secure messaging area. Suppliers will be required to submit their completed Questionnaire no later than 17:00 hours on 10 November 2025. To register on eTendersNI and access the Questionnaire, please use the following link: - etendersni.gov.uk ↗ and locate CfT Ref: 6217124. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

CPV: Air transport services · Aircraft operating services · Aircraft-operation services · Ambulance services · Hire of air transport equipment with crew · Hire of aircraft with crew · Hire of fixed-wing aircraft with crew · Non-scheduled air transport services · Scheduled air transport services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned 5 yrs

Contract period: 1 Jan 2027 – 31 Dec 2031 (5 yrs)

60400000 Air transport services 60410000 Scheduled air transport services 60420000 Non-scheduled air transport services 60424000 Hire of air transport equipment with crew 60424100 Hire of aircraft with crew 60424110 Hire of fixed-wing aircraft with crew

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 24 Oct 2025, 14:58 BST
Last source update: 24 Oct 2025, 14:58 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-068258
Latest notice: Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV): Air transport servicesAircraft operating servicesAircraft-operation servicesAmbulance servicesHire of air transport equipment with crewHire of aircraft with crewHire of fixed-wing aircraft with crewNon-scheduled air transport servicesScheduled air transport services
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05d386 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

24 Oct 2025 → 1 Jan 2027 · 3 dates

Planning notice published365 days ago
24 Oct 2025, 14:58 BST
Market engagement348 days ago
10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to seek additional engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the service for an Air Ambulance/Air Transfer Service. To this end the Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI), wish to engage with potential suppliers to obtain a market view of the potential requirements through the completion of a Questionnaire. Any interested Suppliers are required to submit their response through the eTendersNI secure messaging area of the Call for Tender (CfT) Ref: 6217124. All correspondence in relation to this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise must be communicated via the eTendersNI secure messaging area. Suppliers will be required to submit their completed Questionnaire no later than 17:00 hours on 10 November 2025. To register on eTendersNI and access the Questionnaire, please use the following link: - etendersni.gov.uk ↗ and locate CfT Ref: 6217124. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.
Today
24 Oct 2026
Contract startsin 68 days
1 Jan 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Preliminary market engagement notice published
24 Oct 2025, 14:58 BST
UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PWNJ-1991-NGDW The Cottage, 5 Greenmount Avenue, Ballymena, Northern Ireland, BT43 6DAContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender24 Oct 2025, 14:58 BST