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Published 2 Oct 2026, 10:27 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Pre Market Engagement for Provision of Soft Services for NIFRS

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

ServicesBelow threshold
Sectors: Food, beverages, tobacco and related products (15)Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (35)Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services (55)+1 more Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£6,500,000≈ £2.2m / year · £7,800,000 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsup to 5 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Jun 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Soft Services for NIFRS (cleaning, catering and security)

CPV: Beverage-serving services · Cafeteria services · Canteen and catering services · Cleaning services · Environmental services · Food, beverages, tobacco and related products · Security equipment · Surveillance system

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 3 yrs
Contract period: 1 Jun 2027 — 31 May 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensions
Extensions
Extension options published
15000000 Food, beverages, tobacco and related products35121000 Security equipment35125000 Surveillance system55330000 Cafeteria services55400000 Beverage-serving services55500000 Canteen and catering services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
2 Oct 2026, 10:27 BST
Last source update
2 Oct 2026, 10:27 BST
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Beverage-serving servicesCafeteria servicesCanteen and catering servicesCleaning servicesEnvironmental servicesFood, beverages, tobacco and related productsSecurity equipmentSurveillance system
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077f59

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedjust passed
    2 Oct 2026, 10:27 BST
  2. Market engagementin 22 days
    23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTPre Market Engagement Provision of Soft Services (cleaning, catering and security) On site days LDC Cookstown 12th/13th October
  3. Contract startsin 242 days
    1 Jun 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Oct 2026, 10:27 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Business Services Organisation Procurment and Logistics Service

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

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure