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Preliminary Market Engagement: Mobile Data Solutions (MDS)

Buyer: Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service →

BuyerBusiness Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service

Statusplanning

DeadlineNot published

Value£1

Published22 May 2026

What is being bought

This is a preliminary market engagement notice to seek engagement with the marketplace to gather information associated with the provision of a Mobile Data Solution (MDS) on behalf of the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS). 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:6532741] 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.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning

Contract periodFrom 13 May 2026 to 4 Jun 2026

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Industry specific software package, Compliance software package, Information systems, Industry specific software development services, Data services, Data-transmission equipment, Firefighting, rescue and safety equipment, Rescue and emergency equipment, Command, control, communication and computer systems	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 32. The category anchor is Data-transmission equipment (32260000); 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 set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 32	2,036	4 median · 34.3 average (746 of 2,036 with a bid count)	3.9 average (861 of 2,036 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	1	Not published	Not published	Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)	9	Not published	Not published	Not 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 regimeNot published

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

Milestone	Type	Due	Status
Clarifications should be issued via the eTendersNI messaging portal by no later than the above date.	engagement	28 May 2026	scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender planning · marketEngagementNotice

Source data inventory

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

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-069787
Latest release ID	047713-2026
Latest release timestamp	Fri May 22 2026 10:43:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planning
Procurement method	Not published
Procurement method details	Not published
Main procurement category	goods
Above threshold	Not published
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	£1
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
22 May 2026	planningUpdate	047713-2026
13 May 2026	planning	043846-2026

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 (2 releases)

22 May 2026 · 047713-2026 · planningUpdate

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13 May 2026 · 043846-2026 · planning

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