Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 27 Aug 2025, 10:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Patient Positioning Mattress/Pads for Laparoscopic Surgery

Official notice

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

Goods
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 2030 · starts 1 May 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a Prior Information Notice to seek engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the supply and delivery of Patient Positioning Mattress/Pads for Laparoscopic Surgery. To this end the Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of NIHSC Trusts, wish to engage with potential suppliers to obtain a market view of the potential requirements through the completion of a Questionnaire. Any interested suppliers are required to submit their response through the eTendersNI secure messaging area of the Call for Tender (CfT) Ref: 6085104. All correspondence in relation to this Pre-Market Engagement exercise must be communicated via the eTendersNI secure messaging area. Suppliers will be required to submit their completed Questionnaire no later than 3pm on Friday 05/09/2025. To register on eTendersNI and access the Questionnaire, please use the following link: - etendersni.gov.uk ↗ and locate CfT Ref: 6085104. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

CPV: Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Traction or suspension devices for medical beds

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
27 Aug 2025, 10:29 BST
Last source update
27 Aug 2025, 11:52 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051551
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care productsTraction or suspension devices for medical beds
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058e42 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

27 Aug 2025 → 1 May 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    27 Aug 2025, 10:29 BST
  2. Market engagement
    10 Sept 2025, 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 Patient Positioning Mattress/Pads for Laparoscopic Surgery. To this end the Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of NIHSC Trusts, wish to engage with potential suppliers to obtain a market view of the potential requirements through the completion of a Questionnaire. Any interested suppliers are required to submit their response through the eTendersNI secure messaging area of the Call for Tender (CfT) Ref: 6085104. All correspondence in relation to this Pre-Market Engagement exercise must be communicated via the eTendersNI secure messaging area. Suppliers will be required to submit their completed Questionnaire no later than 3pm on Friday 05/09/2025. To register on eTendersNI and access the Questionnaire, please use the following link: - etendersni.gov.uk ↗ and locate CfT Ref: 6085104. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

  3. Contract starts182 days ago
    1 May 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Aug 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    27 Aug 2025, 10:29 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    27 Aug 2025, 11:52 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

This Notice has been stood down and replaced with 6105430

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 Logistic Service

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

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure