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Published 30 Jul 2026, 11:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Preliminary Market Engagement For Infusion Pumps, Syringe Pumps, Ambulatory Pumps, Subcutaneous, Administration and Gravity Sets and Associated Equipment

Official notice Competition analysis

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

GoodsBelow threshold
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsends 30 Apr 2031 · starts 1 May 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Business Services Organisation (BSO), Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) on behalf of the Health and Social Care NI (HSCNI) wish to seek engagement with the marketplace to ascertain the markets capabilities in respect of the supply of Infusion Pumps, Syringe Pumps, Ambulatory Pumps, Subcutaneous, Administration and Gravity Sets and Associated Equipment. Any interested parties are requested to submit their completed questionnaire through the secure messaging area of the eTendersNI CfT.

CPV: Administration sets · Devices and instruments for infusion · Devices and instruments for transfusion and infusion · Infusion pumps · Infusion supplies · Medical equipments · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrs
Contract period: 1 May 2027 – 30 Apr 2031 (4 yrs)
33000000 Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products33100000 Medical equipments33141624 Administration sets33194000 Devices and instruments for transfusion and infusion33194100 Devices and instruments for infusion33194110 Infusion pumps

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service runs Miscellaneous medical devices and products (CPV 3319) tenders for its clients, and who usually turns up

Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service procures on behalf of other bodies; its record below covers every client it has tendered for, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Miscellaneous medical devices and products (CPV 3319) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerBusiness Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service · all its clients
The marketMiscellaneous medical devices and products (CPV 3319)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 5 of 5 known-size awards · market: CPV 3319 · Northern Ireland (authority’s region), n=6
100%83%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 2 of 4 known-location awards · market: CPV 3319 · UK-wide, n=153
2 of 417%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Northern Ireland.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 4 decided notices · market: CPV 3319 · UK-wide, n=15
66 days59 days

Half of these awards were announced within 66 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 3 of 7 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 3319 · Northern Ireland (authority’s region), n=5
43%40%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer5 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 33
40% had one bid
The market5 lots with bid counts · CPV 3319 · Northern Ireland (authority’s region)
20% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid40% / 20%
Buyer: 2 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
2–320% / 60%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
4–60% / 20%
Buyer: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
7+40% / 0%
Buyer: 2 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer5 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 33
80% below estimate
The market5 lots with estimate and award · CPV 3319 · Northern Ireland (authority’s region)
0% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate80% / 0%
Buyer: 4 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 0 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%20% / 60%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 3 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate0% / 40%
Buyer: 0 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 331948 monthsEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 68 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet28% single-bid risk
Past bids on 68 similar lots
1 bid28%
19 of 68 similar past lots received 1 bid (28%).
2–325%
17 of 68 similar past lots received 2–3 (25%).
4–616%
11 of 68 similar past lots received 4–6 (16%).
7+31%
21 of 68 similar past lots received 7+ (31%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
30 Jul 2026, 11:34 BST
Last source update
26 Aug 2026, 11:30 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-081175
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Administration setsDevices and instruments for infusionDevices and instruments for transfusion and infusionInfusion pumpsInfusion suppliesMedical equipmentsMedical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d762 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

30 Jul 2026 → 1 May 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published83 days ago
    30 Jul 2026, 11:34 BST
  2. Latest notice published56 days ago
    26 Aug 2026, 11:30 BST
  3. Market engagement47 days ago
    4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST

    This is a prior information notice to seek engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the supply and delivery of Infusion Pumps, Syringe Pumps, Administration Sets and Associated Equipment.

    What you need to do now:

    1. If you are not registered on eTendersNI, please do so as soon as possible.
    2. Those interested in participating in such preliminary market engagement should access the 'Preliminary Market Engagement for Preliminary Market Engagement For Infusion Pumps, Syringe Pumps, Ambulatory Pumps, Subcutaneous, Administration and Gravity Sets and Associated Equipment’ via eTendersNI (etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do ↗ ) at their earliest convenience, by searching for Resource ID / CfT Reference Number 6328467. A copy of the following documents has been included within the CfT documents area of this advertisement:

    (a) CP13 Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire Explanatory Document

    (b) CP12 Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire

    All completed responses must be submitted via the secure eTendersNI messaging area of the CfT on eTendersNI no later than 15:00, Friday 14th August 2026. Please note that with reference to the information containing estimated date of publication of contract notice - this is only an anticipated date and subject to change.

    Further Information: The overall purpose of this questionnaire is to engage with prospective suppliers and gain further knowledge and understanding of the market landscape. Suppliers should note that any interest shown in this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

  4. Today
    21 Oct 2026
  5. Contract startsin 191 days
    1 May 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jul 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Jul 2026, 11:34 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Jul 2026, 15:50 BST
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    5 Aug 2026, 09:21 BST
    UK2
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    26 Aug 2026, 11:30 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (2)

PME Questionnaire submission date extended to 28 August 2026.

PME Questionnaire submission date extended to 4th September 2026.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2026-07: 1 release · 30 Jul 2026

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 authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PWNJ-1991-NGDW 77 Boucher Crescent, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT12 6HUContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure