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Preliminary Market Engagement 2026 - Provision of Specialist Learning Disability Vocational Training Services through Social Enterprise within the NHSCT [6393091]

Health and social work services
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Northern Health and Social Care Trust: "Preliminary Market Engagement 2026 - Provision of Specialist Learning Disability Vocational Training Services through Social Enterprise within the NHSCT [6393091]". Published status: planning. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNorthern Health and Social Care TrustScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Northern Health and Social Care Trust. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
Not availableNo published reports
Bid counts are not published for this buyer
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
SCIENSUS PHARMA SERVICES LIMITEDTop vendor: 93% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 17 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
SCIENSUS PHARMA SERVICES LIMITED1 win£4,000,000
ALLOGA UK LIMITED1 win£300,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNorthern Health and Social Care Trust
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published17 Feb 2026, 16:00 GMT
Last source update17 Feb 2026, 16:00 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationHealth and social work services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0588ea
What is being bought
The Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) on behalf of the Northern Health & Social Care Trust (NHSCT) wish to carry out a preliminary market engagement with interested providers. This market engagement is intended to inform the market that the NHSCT are proposing to tender for the provision of Learning Disability Vocational Training Services through Social Enterprise facilities to Adults with a Learning Disability within the NHSCT (Adults being 18+ years of age). The NHSCT have published this second preliminary market engagement (CfT Reference no: 6393091) for this tender to inform the market of this advanced draft of the specification and we are also inviting potential tenderers to consider the cost for this service based on the stated available budgets outlined in Section 3.17 of the CP13 Vocational Services - 2026 Market Engagement Briefing Paper. Therefore, as part of this engagement we are asking potential providers to complete and return ‘Appendix C – Breakdown of Costs’ with a proposed cost breakdown for how they would deliver this service based on the available budget. We are seeking this cost breakdown for information purposes while allowing potential suppliers to assess the affordability of the service before we publish the tender. Please note that the annual cost of this service must be inclusive of all costs associated with this service. Please refer to the ‘CP13 Vocational Services - 2026 Market Engagement Briefing Paper’ and associated appendices for further information – all documents associated with this market engagement are available in CfT document section under CfT Reference No: 6393091
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    17 Feb 2026, 16:00 GMT
  2. Status changed to planning
    15 Aug 2025, 13:17 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    15 Aug 2025, 13:17 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    15 Aug 2025, 13:17 BST
  5. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    This notice has been amended as we are publishing a second preliminary market engagement for this tender. Please refer to this updated notice for updated details. All documents associated with this market engagement are available on eTendersNI (https://etendersni.gov.uk) under Resource ID/CfT number: CfT Reference No: 6393091.
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    17 Feb 2026, 16:00 GMT
  2. Procedure published
    17 Feb 2026, 16:00 GMT
  3. engagement
    6 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT · scheduled
    Please ensure you are registered with eTendersNI under Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) Code '85000000 Health and social work services'. Your proposed cost breakdown for delivery of this service in response to this Pre-Tender Market Engagement Paper must be completed in 'Appendix C – Breakdown of Costs’ and submitted as an attachment via the eTendersNI secure messaging area of the Resource ID/CfT Number: 6393091. The deadline for submission is Friday 6th March 2026 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.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PBRP-6676-CQZY
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  • Business Services Organisation
    processContactPoint
    procuringEntity

    GB-PPON: PWNJ-1991-NGDW
    Rosewood Villa, Longstone Hospital, 73 Loughgall Road, Armagh, UKN07, BT61 7PR, GB
    PaLSSocialcare.Sourcing@hscni.net

  • Northern Health and Social Care Trust (NHSCT)
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PBRP-6676-CQZY
    Bretten Hall, Antrim Area Hospital, Bush Road, Antrim, UKN0D, BT41 2RL, GB
    PaLSSocialcare.Sourcing@hscni.net
Documents (1)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published