Pre-Market Engagement for Wheelchair Accessible Minibus and Coach Transport Services for SHSCT

Official notice

Authority: Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service

Services

Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN0)

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 21 Feb 2025from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to seek engagement with the market place to understand the market structure and ascertain how suppliers can assist in Wheelchair Accessible Minibus and Coach Transport Services for Southern Health and Social Care Trust (SHSCT). Potential suppliers for Wheelchair Accessible Minibus and Coach Transport Services will need to register their business on the website www.etendersni.gov.uk ↗. Go to 'Suppliers new to eTendersNI' and follow the registration process. Suppliers will be required to register against the relevant CPV codes applicable to them and to ensure they receive email alerts regarding specific areas of interest. If already registered Suppliers should review their contact details to ensure the information is up to date. Assistance is available from eTenders NI Helpdesk, telephone number: 08002404545

CPV: Buses and coaches · Coaches · Hire of buses and coaches with driver · Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver · Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver · Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons · Motor vehicles for the transport of fewer than 10 persons · Patient-transport vehicles · Public road transport services · Road transport services · Taxi services · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1This is a prior information notice to seek engagement with the market place to…Planned

This is a prior information notice to seek engagement with the market place to understand the market structure and ascertain how suppliers can assist in Wheelchair Accessible Minibus and Coach Transport Services for the Southern Health and Social Care Trust (SHSCT) in compliance with all relevant Legislation. Also to ensure the inclusion of mandatory scored Social Value as applicable to the market sector and to seek information to inform a risk-rating exercise in relation to Ethical Procurement. To this end, BSO Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) wish to engage with potential suppliers on behalf of SHSCT to obtain a market view of the potential requirements through the eTendersNI secure messaging area of this Call for Tender (CfT). All correspondence in relation to this pre-market engagement exercise will be communicated via the eTendersNI secure messaging area. Suppliers should refer to the Supplier Engagement Document located within the CfT. Suppliers will be required to return answers to Appendix 5 — Supplier Questionnaire and any comments no later than 15:00 hours 23 September 2024. Suppliers should note that PaLS may follow up this questionnaire with a meeting(s) with interested suppliers during week commencing 14 October 2024. If required, invitations will be issued week commencing 30 September 2024. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

Delivery: Northern Ireland

34114122 Patient-transport vehicles 34115200 Motor vehicles for the transport of fewer than 10 persons 34120000 Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons 34121000 Buses and coaches 34121500 Coaches 60000000 Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 9 Sept 2024, 12:27 BST
Last source update: 9 Sept 2024, 12:27 BST
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-028768
Classification (CPV): Buses and coachesCoachesHire of buses and coaches with driverHire of goods-transport vehicles with driverHire of passenger transport vehicles with driverMotor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more personsMotor vehicles for the transport of fewer than 10 personsPatient-transport vehiclesPublic road transport servicesRoad transport services
+2 more
Taxi servicesTransport services (excl. Waste transport)
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-049928 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

9 Sept 2024 → 21 Feb 2025 · 2 dates

Notice published
9 Sept 2024, 12:27 BST
Tender notice expected
21 Feb 2025

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

Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth The Cottage, 5 Greenmount Avenue, Ballymena, Northern Ireland, BT43 6DAContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.