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Preliminary Market Engagement for Vending Services for Confectionery, Snacks and Drinks for Clients within NI Health and Social Care

Automatic goods-vending machines
Canteen and catering services
Vending machines
+1 more
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service: "Preliminary Market Engagement for Vending Services for Confectionery, Snacks and Drinks for Clients within NI Health and Social Care". Published status: planning. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBusiness Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics ServiceScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service. 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
6.9Bids / Report
12.5% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Transmission ServicesTop vendor: 100% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 130 active published awards; 24 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
Transmission Services1 win£100,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBusiness Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service
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
Published14 Aug 2025, 10:13 BST
Last source update14 Aug 2025, 10:13 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAutomatic goods-vending machines, Canteen and catering services, Vending machines, Vending-machine ingredients
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05879e
What is being bought
Business Services Organisation (BSO), Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) on behalf of Health and Social Care NI (HSCNI) wish to seek engagement with the marketplace to ascertain the market's capabilities in respect of the provision of Vending Services for Confectionery, Snacks and Drinks.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to planning
    14 Aug 2025, 10:13 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    14 Aug 2025, 10:13 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    14 Aug 2025, 10:13 BST
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
    14 Aug 2025, 10:13 BST
  2. Procedure published
    14 Aug 2025, 10:13 BST
  3. engagement
    4 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    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 the Provision of Vending Services for Confectionery, Snacks and Drinks for Clients within NI Health and Social Care via eTendersNI (https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do ) at their earliest convenience, by searching for Resource ID / CfT Reference Number 6081888. Please request a copy of the following documents (a) CP13 Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire Explanatory Document v1.0 Vending Services and (b) CP12 Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire v1.0 Vending Services (and accompanying appendices). All completed responses must be submitted via the secure eTendersNI messaging area of the CfT on eTendersNI no later than 15:00, Thursday 4th September 2025. 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.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PWNJ-1991-NGDW
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  • Procurement and Logistics Service
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PWNJ-1991-NGDW
    77 Boucher Crescent, Belfast, UKN06, BT12 6HU, GB
    utilfood.sourcing@hscni.net
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published