Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 12 May 2025, 14:24 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Postvention service for under 18s who have been bereaved by suicide

Official notice

Procurement agent: NI Public Health Agency·On behalf of: Regional Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service

ServicesBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Dec 2028 · up to 31 Dec 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The PHA is tendering for the provision of postvention services for CYP aged 4-17 who have been bereaved by suicide; and for the provision of community capacity awareness training for people who, within their professional role, support CYP who have been bereaved by suicide. The Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) on behalf of the Public Health Agency (PHA) wish to carry out a market engagement with providers interested in delivering a Postvention service for under 18s who have been bereaved by suicide.

This Preliminary Market Engagement will take the form of a Briefing Paper and Questionnaire for providers to respond to. The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement is to raise awareness of an upcoming procurement and gauge the level of interest in the provision of such services, and also to make potential Providers aware in advance of key service requirements and the introduction of the New Procurement Act 2023 as well as Northern Ireland Procurement Policy Notes (PPN) relating to Social Value (01/21) & Human Rights (05/21) that will be included in any future Tender.

CPV: Guidance and counselling services · Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Dec 2032 with extensions
Delivery: Northern IrelandEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

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
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 May 2025, 14:24 BST
Last source update
12 May 2025, 14:24 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020517
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Guidance and counselling servicesHealth and social work services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051106 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

12 May 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    12 May 2025, 14:24 BST
  2. Market engagement
    9 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

    The Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) on behalf of the Public Health Agency (PHA) wish to carry out a market engagement with providers interested in delivering a Postvention service for under 18s who have been bereaved by suicide.

    This Preliminary Market Engagement will take the form of a Briefing Paper and Questionnaire for providers to respond to. The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement is to raise awareness of an upcoming procurement and gauge the level of interest in the provision of such services, and also to make potential Providers aware in advance of key service requirements and the introduction of the New Procurement Act 2023 as well as Northern Ireland Procurement Policy Notes (PPN) relating to Social Value (01/21) & Human Rights (05/21) that will be included in any future Tender.

    The Preliminary Market Engagement Briefing Paper and Appendix 1 – Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire are available on eTendersNI (etendersni.gov.uk ↗) under Resource ID/CfT number: 5923374

    Please ensure you are registered with eTendersNI under Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) Code ‘85000000 Health and social work services’.

    Your response to this Pre-Tender Market Engagement Paper must be completed in ‘Appendix 1 – CP12 Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire’ and submitted as an attachment via the eTendersNI secure messaging area of the Resource ID/CfT number: 5923374. The deadline for submission is Monday 9th June at 15:00.

    Any interest shown in the pre-tender market engagement does not constitute a commitment to participate in a procurement exercise. Failure to show interest does not restrict providers from participating in any future procurement exercise.

  3. Contract starts295 days ago
    1 Jan 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 May 2025, 14:24 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

3 public bodies on the notice

Public Health Agency

Procurement agentPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PGGH-1787-BZLL Unit 12-22 Linenhall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 8BSContact email

Clients of the procurement agent

  • Regional Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics ServiceBeneficiary authority
  • Business Services OrganisationProcess contact pointProcuring entityThe Business Services Organisation (BSO), Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) will be conducting the procurement process including this pre-tender market engagement process on behalf of the PHA. PaLS are the Centre of Procurement Expertise (CoPE) for Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland.GB-PPON: PWNJ-1991-NGDW Armagh, Northern IrelandContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure