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Preliminary Market Engagement : iConnect Replacement Project

Buyer: Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service →

BuyerBusiness Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£1
Published11 Feb 2026

What is being bought

This is a preliminary market engagement notice to seek engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the provision of an iConnect Replacement Project on behalf of the RQIA. To this end, the Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI), wish to engage with potential suppliers to obtain a market view of potential requirements through the completion of a questionnaire. Instructions for completion of the questionnaire are available via the eTendersNI CfT [Ref:6402011] 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.

Categories

Software package and information systems 48000000IT software package 48517000Software programming and consultancy services 72200000Programming services of packaged software products 72210000Industry specific software development services 72212100Information technology services 72222300Project management consultancy services 72224000Software-related services 72260000Software support services 72261000Software implementation services 72263000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 11 Feb 2026 to 25 Mar 2026

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Software programming and consultancy services, Software-related services, Programming services of packaged software products, Industry specific software development services, Project management consultancy services, Software support services, Software implementation services, Information technology services, Software package and information systems, IT software packageNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Software package and information systems (48000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 483,5341 median · 6.1 average (1,171 of 3,534 with a bid count)1.5 average (1,343 of 3,534 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer7Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)55Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Clarifications should be issued via the eTendersNI messaging portal by no later than the above date.engagement11 Mar 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-064e28
Latest release ID012520-2026
Latest release timestampWed Feb 11 2026 15:13:48 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£1
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
11 Feb 2026planning012520-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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