Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 2 May 2025, 14:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire - External Ventricular Drainage

Official notice

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

GoodsBelow threshold
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to seek engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the supply and delivery of External Ventricular Drainage. To this end the Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, 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: 5772712. All correspondence in relation to this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise will be communicated via the eTendersNI secure messaging area. Suppliers will be required to submit their completed Questionnaire No Later than 3pm on 16th May 2025. To register on eTendersNI and access the Questionnaire, please use the following link: - etendersni.gov.uk ↗ and locate CfT Ref: 5772712. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

CPV: Catheters · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Miscellaneous medical devices and products · Operating theatre devices and instruments

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrs
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions
Extensions: Extension options 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
Below threshold
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
2 May 2025, 14:30 BST
Last source update
8 May 2025, 14:20 BST
Authority reference
5772712
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-019757
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
CathetersMedical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care productsMiscellaneous medical devices and productsOperating theatre devices and instruments
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050c5e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

2 May 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    2 May 2025, 14:30 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    8 May 2025, 14:20 BST
  3. Market engagement
    16 May 2025, 23:59 BST

    This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to seek engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the supply and delivery of External Ventricular Drainage. To this end the Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, 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: 5772712. All correspondence in relation to this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise will be communicated via the eTendersNI secure messaging area. Suppliers will be required to submit their completed Questionnaire No Later than 3pm on 16th May 2025. To register on eTendersNI and access the Questionnaire, please use the following link: - etendersni.gov.uk ↗ and locate CfT Ref: 5772712. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

  4. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 May 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 May 2025, 14:30 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    8 May 2025, 14:20 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Please note that this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice has been withdrawn as of 7th May 2025. An updated Preliminary Market Engagement Notice with reference number 5944255 has been published on 7th May 2025. Please disregard this Notice and contents.

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 (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure