Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice

Published 28 Sept 2026, 12:03 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire Medical Gas and Gas Driven Vacuum Equipment

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

Goods

Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33)Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) 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 25 May 2031 · starts 26 May 2027

Notice summaryFrom the published notice

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.

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 Medical Gas and Gas Driven Vacuum Equipment. Any interested parties are requested to submit their completed questionnaire through the secure messaging area of the eTendersNI CfT

CPV: Flowmeters · Instruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gases · Medical equipments · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned 4 yrs

Contract period: 26 May 2027 – 25 May 2031 (4 yrs)

33000000 Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products 33100000 Medical equipments 38420000 Instruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gases 38421110 Flowmeters

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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

How Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service buys Instruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gases (CPV 3842), and who usually turns up

Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Instruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gases (CPV 3842) →

How the contest usually goes

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

Question for the bid

This buyerRegional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service · division 38

The marketInstruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gases (CPV 3842)

What to do with it

How often do SMEs win?

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

Buyer: 2 of 3 known-size awards · market: CPV 3842 · UK-wide, n=24

2 of 346%

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

How often do local suppliers win?

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 1 of 1 known-location awards · market: CPV 3842 · UK-wide, n=16

1 of 119%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: division 38 · Northern Ireland (authority’s region), n=19

—37 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 37 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: exactly 2 of 5 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 3842 · UK-wide, n=28

40%71%

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?

This buyer5 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 38

40% had one bid

The market45 lots with bid counts · division 38 · Northern Ireland (authority’s region)

33% had one bid

% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (5) / the market (45) · select a colour for counts

1 bid40% / 33%

Buyer: 2 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 15 of 45 lots with published bid counts.

2–360% / 29%

Buyer: 3 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 13 of 45 lots with published bid counts.

4–60% / 7%

Buyer: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 45 lots with published bid counts.

7+0% / 31%

Buyer: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 14 of 45 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

This buyer103 lots with estimate and award · all categories

46% below estimate

The market22 lots with estimate and award · division 38 · Northern Ireland (authority’s region)

41% below estimate

% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (103) / the market (22) · select a colour for counts

Below estimate46% / 41%

Buyer: 47 of 103 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 9 of 22 lots with an estimate and award.

Within ±2%42% / 36%

Buyer: 43 of 103 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 8 of 22 lots with an estimate and award.

Above estimate13% / 23%

Buyer: 13 of 103 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 5 of 22 lots with an estimate and award.

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

Lot #1CPV 384248 monthsNo real estimate

Expected competition

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 45 past lots.

—No model forecast yet33% chance of a single bid

Past bids on 45 similar lots

1 bid33%

15 of 45 similar past lots received 1 bid (33%).

2–329%

13 of 45 similar past lots received 2–3 (29%).

4–67%

3 of 45 similar past lots received 4–6 (7%).

7+31%

14 of 45 similar past lots received 7+ (31%).

Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.

Commercial price forecast

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No real estimate

The buyer published £0 as the estimate (a placeholder, not the contract’s value), so there is nothing to forecast against.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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Supplier	This buyer’s earlier contract	Lot	Award value	Why listed
SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL CLINICAL LTDEarlier contract	Medical Gas and Gas Driven Vacuum Equipmentnotice published Mar 2023	—	—	Matched as the earlier contract
Uniphar Medtech LimitedEarlier contract	Medical Gas and Gas Driven Vacuum Equipmentnotice published Mar 2023	—	—	Matched as the earlier contract
OXYGEN CARE LTDEarlier contract	Medical Gas and Gas Driven Vacuum Equipmentnotice published Mar 2023	—	—	Matched as the earlier contract
Inspiration HealthcareEarlier contract	Medical Gas and Gas Driven Vacuum Equipmentnotice published Mar 2023	—	—	Matched as the earlier contract

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

About this data

Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

What this replaces
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51% title match.

The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (51% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid

Medical Gas and Gas Driven Vacuum Equipment, winner not published; no contract end date published.

Coming up in this sector

Contracts ending within 12 months · Retender Radar, sector filter set

Contracts ending in Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)Retender Radar, CPV 38: incumbents and end dates for the next 12 months

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: 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: Unspecified in notice
First published: 28 Sept 2026, 12:03 BST
Last source update: 28 Sept 2026, 12:03 BST
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-091378
Latest notice: Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV): FlowmetersInstruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gasesMedical equipmentsMedical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077b6c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

28 Sept 2026 → 26 May 2027 · 3 dates

Planning notice published47 days ago
28 Sept 2026, 12:03 BST
Market engagement32 days ago
12 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
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 Medical Gas and Gas Driven Vacuum Equipment. Any interested parties are requested to submit their completed questionnaire through the secure messaging area of the eTendersNI CfT
Today
14 Nov 2026
Contract startsin 192 days
26 May 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Preliminary market engagement notice published
28 Sept 2026, 12:03 BST
UK2

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 governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PWNJ-1991-NGDW 77 Boucher Crescent, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT12 6HUContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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