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Published 24 Sept 2026, 12:27 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Preliminary Market Engagement: Electronic Archiving and Retrieval Solution for WHSCT

Authority: Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) (Central government)

Services
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Budget not disclosed£1£1 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 mostarts 24 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is being published by 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 an Electronic Archiving and Retrieval Solution for the Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT) within Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI).

To this end, this market view will be obtained through the completion of a questionnaire. Instructions for the completion of the questionnaire are available via the eTendersNI CfT [Ref: 6725524] and relevant preliminary market engagement documents. Suppliers should note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

CPV: Document management software package · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Image-processing software package · Imaging and archiving system · Scanner software package

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Planned 1 mo
Contract period: 24 Sept 2026 — 15 Oct 2026 (1 mo)
48311000 Document management software package48318000 Scanner software package48328000 Image-processing software package48329000 Imaging and archiving system72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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
Unspecified in notice
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
24 Sept 2026, 12:27 BST
Last source update
24 Sept 2026, 12:27 BST
Authority reference
6725524
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Document management software packageIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportImage-processing software packageImaging and archiving systemScanner software package
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07796b

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Contract starts1 day ago
    24 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
  2. Planning notice published1 day ago
    24 Sept 2026, 12:27 BST
  3. Market engagementin 14 days
    8 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTClarifications should be issued via the eTendersNI messaging portal by no later than 15:00 on the above date.

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
    24 Sept 2026, 12:27 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS)

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