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BuyerBusiness Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£1
Published5 May 2026

What is being bought

This is a preliminary market engagement notice to seek engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the provision of nutritional products, devices, consumables and associated services. 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 potential requirements through the completion of a questionnaire. Instructions for completion of the questionnaire are available via eTendersNI CfT [Ref: 6522872] and relevant preliminary market engagement documents. Supppliers should note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

Delivery location

UKN, GB

Categories

Special nutritional products 15880000Dietetic products 15882000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 5 May 2026 to 19 May 2026

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Special nutritional products, Dietetic productsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 15. The category anchor is Special nutritional products (15880000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 152914 median · 9.8 average (86 of 291 with a bid count)2.7 average (90 of 291 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer4Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKN99 median · 9 average (2 of 9 with a bid count)2 average (5 of 9 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Preliminary market engagement being carried out via eTendersNI CfT [Ref: 6522872]. The deadline for clarification questions is 3pm 12th May 2026. The deadline for responses to the preliminary market engagement exercise is 3pm 19th May 2026.engagement19 May 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-069160
Latest release ID041024-2026
Latest release timestampTue May 05 2026 12:45:23 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£1
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
5 May 2026planning041024-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
5 May 2026 · 041024-2026 · planning
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