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title: "Department of Finance – Occupational Health Service – Core Services  Market Sounding Exercise (PME)"
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# Department of Finance – Occupational Health Service – Core Services  Market Sounding Exercise (PME)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/department-of-finance-occupational-health-service-core-services-market-sounding-exercise-p-ocds-h6vhtk-0450d2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department of Finance: "Department of Finance – Occupational Health Service – Core Services  Market Sounding Exercise (PME)". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £1. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department of Finance](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-of-finance-GB-PPON-PVTL-7513-YWVJ)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £1 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0450d2`

## 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/department-of-finance-occupational-health-service-core-services-market-sounding-exercise-p-ocds-h6vhtk-0450d2#tl-md)

## Description
The Department of Finance, Occupational Health Service (OHS) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to establish a contract with a Supplier to provide Occupational Health and Medical Advisory Services on behalf of The Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS). The Occupational Health Service (OHS) is part of Northern Ireland Civil Service Human Resources (NICSHR) within the Department of Finance. It provides occupational health and medical advisory services to Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) Departments and Agencies. OHS requires the supplier to provide a full range of Occupational Health Services to support approximately 24,000 staff currently employed in this sector.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** 1.	The Department of Finance, Occupational Health Service (OHS) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to establish a contract with a Supplier to provide Occupational Health and Medical Advisory Services on behalf of The Northern Ir...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011524-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-04-09T15:21:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T21:43:21.024Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0450d2