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Published 6 Nov 2026, 13:03 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Point of Care Testing (POCT) International Normalised Ration (INR), testing, Meter, Reagents, Consumables and Quality Control and POCT Portable Handheld Blood Gas Testing

Official notice
Competition analysis

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

GoodsBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33)Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) 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 8 Jun 2033 · up to 8 Jun 2036 with extensions · starts 9 Jun 2028
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is being published by the Regional Business Services Organisation (BSO) Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) for the purposes of informing and engaging with potential service providers regarding the upcoming public competition for Point of Care Testing (POCT) International Normalised Ratio (INR) Testing and POCT Portable Handheld Blood Gas (HHBG) Testing within Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI). The five Buyers within HSCNI, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust (BHSCT), Northern Health & Social Care Trust (NHSCT) Southern Health & Social Care Trust (SHSCT), South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust (SEHSCT) and Western Health & Social Care Trust (WHSCT) require POCT INR testing Devices, Middleware and Connectivity, Reagents, Consumables, Quality Control (Q.C.), Training, Service and Maintenance and External Quality Assurance (EQA).

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is being published by the Regional Business Services Organisation (BSO) Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) for the purposes of informing and engaging with potential service providers regarding the upcoming public competition for Point of Care Testing (POCT) International Normalised Ratio (INR) Testing and POCT Portable Handheld Blood Gas (HHBG) Testing within Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI). The five Buyers within HSCNI, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust (BHSCT), Northern Health & Social Care Trust (NHSCT) Southern Health & Social Care Trust (SHSCT), South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust (SEHSCT) and Western Health & Social Care Trust (WHSCT) require POCT INR testing Devices, Middleware and Connectivity, Reagents, Consumables, Quality Control (Q.C.), Training, Service and Maintenance and External Quality Assurance (EQA). The five Buyers also require POCT portable HHBG testing devices, middleware and connectivity, reagents, consumables, Q.C, training, service and maintenance and EQA.

CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · Medical equipments · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSME
Contract period: 9 Jun 2028 – 8 Jun 2033 (5 yrs) · up to 8 Jun 2036 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
33000000 Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products33100000 Medical equipments38000000 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service buys Medical equipments (CPV 3310), and who usually turns up

Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Medical equipments (CPV 3310) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerRegional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service · division 33
The marketMedical equipments (CPV 3310)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 36 of 47 known-size awards · market: CPV 3310 · UK-wide, n=248
77%52%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Northern Ireland (authority’s region).

Buyer: 5 of 8 known-location awards · market: CPV 3310 · Northern Ireland (authority’s region), n=5
63%20%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i
Buyer: 5 decided notices · market: CPV 3310 · UK-wide, n=8
65 days46 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 65 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 9 of 39 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 3310 · Northern Ireland (authority’s region), n=7
23%71%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyer50 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 33
18% had one bid
The market6 lots with bid counts · CPV 3310 · Northern Ireland (authority’s region)
50% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (50) / the market (6) · select a colour for counts
1 bid18% / 50%
Buyer: 9 of 50 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
2–324% / 33%
Buyer: 12 of 50 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
4–616% / 0%
Buyer: 8 of 50 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 6 lots with published bid counts.
7+42% / 17%
Buyer: 21 of 50 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 6 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer29 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 33
38% below estimate
The market6 lots with estimate and award · CPV 3310 · UK-wide
83% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (29) / the market (6) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate38% / 83%
Buyer: 11 of 29 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 6 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%31% / 0%
Buyer: 9 of 29 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 0 of 6 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate31% / 17%
Buyer: 9 of 29 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 1 of 6 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 331060 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 35 past lots.

—No model forecast yet34% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 35 similar lots
1 bid34%
12 of 35 similar past lots received 1 bid (34%).
2–326%
9 of 35 similar past lots received 2–3 (26%).
4–614%
5 of 35 similar past lots received 4–6 (14%).
7+26%
9 of 35 similar past lots received 7+ (26%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Coming up in this sector

Contracts ending within 12 months · Retender Radar, sector filter set

Contracts ending in Medical Devices & PharmaRetender Radar, CPV 33: incumbents and end dates for the next 12 months

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
6 Nov 2026, 13:03 GMT
Last source update
6 Nov 2026, 13:03 GMT
Authority reference
6528337
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-105702
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)Medical equipmentsMedical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b67a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

6 Nov 2026 → 9 Jun 2028 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published8 days ago
    6 Nov 2026, 13:03 GMT
  2. Today
    14 Nov 2026
  3. Market engagementin 26 days
    10 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT

    This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) session will be conducted in three stages:

    • Stage 1: All interested suppliers are required to request participation in this PME by emailing [email protected]. no later than 15:00 on 18th November 2026 where a CP12 Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire will be returned to each interested supplier.
    • Stage 2: All interested suppliers are required to complete and return the CP12 Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire to [email protected] no later than 13:00 on 25th November 2026.
    • Stage 3: Interested Suppliers may be invited to participate in a follow-up engagement session once all relevant documentation has been returned within the above stipulated timelines, this supplier engagement session will take place in person.
  4. Contract starts
    9 Jun 2028, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    6 Nov 2026, 13:03 GMT
    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

Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PWNJ-1991-NGDW 77 Boucher Crescent, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT12 6HUContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure