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Food Safety Training

services
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Education and training services
Environmental training services
Safety training services
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Location not published
Open submission portal
Official notice
Published value
£500,500
Submission deadline 21 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Lots published4
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Belfast Health and Social Care Trust: "Food Safety Training". Published status: active. Published value: £500,500. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST. Published submission portal: etendersni.gov.uk.
Contracting AuthorityBelfast Health and Social Care TrustScope & CategoriesSERVICES (4 lots)Submission Window
15d 2h left
21 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Submission Gateway
eTendersNI
etendersni.gov.uk
Legal Basis & Regime2023/54 · Open procedure · Above thresholdEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£500,500
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
10Bids / Report
8% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
MET HEALTHCARE LIMITEDTop vendor: 84.5% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 81 active published awards; 25 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
MET HEALTHCARE LIMITED1 win£935,340
RESUSCITATION COUNCIL (UK)1 win£171,640
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBelfast Health and Social Care Trust
Procedure methodOpen procedure
Procurement categoryservices
Statusactive
Framework / DPSFramework
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdYes
Legal basisUKPGA · 2023/54
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionallowed
Submission languagesen
Published21 Aug 2026, 14:27 BST
Last source update21 Aug 2026, 14:27 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationEducation and training services, Environmental training services, Safety training services, Staff training services, Training programme services, Training seminars, Training services
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-065a81
How to participate
Open submission portal
Submission methodNot published
Electronic submissionallowed
Clarification deadlineNot published
Submission languagesen
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
E-Sourcing Portal
eTendersNI
Open portal
Submission instructions
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
What is being bought
Food Safety Training for BHSCT, NHSCT, SEHSCT and SHSCT
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £500,500
    21 Aug 2026, 14:27 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    21 Aug 2026, 14:27 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    21 Aug 2026, 14:27 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to 21 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
    21 Aug 2026, 14:27 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    21 Aug 2026, 14:27 BST
  6. Published value updated to £0
    23 Feb 2026, 17:02 GMT
  7. Status changed to planning
    23 Feb 2026, 17:02 GMT
  8. Official notice release published
    23 Feb 2026, 17:02 GMT
  9. Buyer information updated
    23 Feb 2026, 17:02 GMT
Lots and requirements (4)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Food Safety Training for Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
    active
    Options
    Renewal
    Published value£132,000
    Food Safety Training for Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (BHSCT)
    Contract period15 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST — 14 Oct 2028, 23:59 BST
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalThe right to additional purchases while the Framework is valid. · The Buyer will have the option to extend the Framework for any period or periods together totalling no more than 24 months, plus 18 months emergency extension.
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Food Safety Training for Northern Health and Social Care Trust
    active
    Options
    Renewal
    Published value£88,000
    Food Safety Training for Northern Health and Social Care Trust (NHSCT)
    Contract period15 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST — 14 Oct 2028, 23:59 BST
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalThe right to additional purchases while the Framework is valid. · The Buyer will have the option to extend the Framework for any period or periods together totalling no more than 24 months, plus 18 months emergency extension.
  • Lot 3 · #3
    Food Safety Training for South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
    active
    Options
    Renewal
    Published value£165,000
    Food Safety Training for South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust (SEHSCT)
    Contract period15 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST — 14 Oct 2028, 23:59 BST
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalThe right to additional purchases while the Framework is valid. · The Buyer will have the option to extend the Framework for any period or periods together totalling no more than 24 months, plus 18 months emergency extension.
  • Lot 4 · #4
    Food Safety Training for Southern Health and Social Care Trust
    active
    Options
    Renewal
    Published value£115,500
    Food Safety Training for Southern Health and Social Care Trust (SHSCT)
    Contract period15 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST — 14 Oct 2028, 23:59 BST
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalThe right to additional purchases while the Framework is valid. · The Buyer will have the option to extend the Framework for any period or periods together totalling no more than 24 months, plus 18 months emergency extension.
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    23 Feb 2026, 17:02 GMT
  2. Procedure published
    21 Aug 2026, 14:27 BST
  3. engagement
    10 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT · scheduled
    This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to inform and seek engagement with potential providers of food safety training to Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (BHSCT), Northern Health and Social Care Trust (NHSCT), South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust (SEHSCT) and Southern Health and Social Care Trust (SHSCT). To this end, BSO Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) wish to engage with potential suppliers on behalf of our Clients to obtain a market view of the potential requirements through a questionnaire. Any interested suppliers are required to submit their response through the eTendersNI secure messaging area of this CfT. All correspondence in relation to this PME will be communicated via the secure eTendersNI messaging area. Suppliers will be required to return answers to the questionnaire and any comments no later than 15:00 on Tuesday 10 March 2026. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.
  4. Submission deadline
    21 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PLQJ-5727-JCLR
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  • Belfast Health and Social Care
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PLQJ-5727-JCLR
    A Floor, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, UKN06, BT9 7AB, GB
    palsarmagh.sourcing@hscni.net

  • Northern Health and Social Care Trust
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PBRP-6676-CQZY
    Bretten Hall, Bush Road, Antrim, UKN0D, BT41 2RL, GB
    palsarmagh.sourcing@hscni.net

  • Regional Business Services Organisation - Procurement and Logistics Service
    processContactPoint
    procuringEntity

    GB-PPON: PWNJ-1991-NGDW
    Rosewood Villa Longstone Hospital 73 Loughgall Road, Armagh, UKN07, BT61 7PR, GB
    palsarmagh.sourcing@hscni.net

  • South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PLGY-6381-WWWR
    Ulster Hospital, Upper Newtownards Rd, Belfast, UKN0E, BT16 1RH, GB
    palsarmagh.sourcing@hscni.net

  • Southern Health and Social Care Trust
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PJCC-1957-RCGP
    Craigavon Area Hospital, 68 Lurgan Road, Portadown, UKN07, BT63 5QQ, GB
    palsarmagh.sourcing@hscni.net
Documents (3)
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Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published