Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 24 Jun 2025, 10:46 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire Spinal, Blood Collection Needles and Associated Products

Official notice

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

Framework agreementGoodsBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£9,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Sept 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 2 yrsends 28 Feb 2028 · up to 28 Feb 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Mar 2026

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 Spinal, Blood Collection Needles and Associated Products. To this end the Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service

on behalf of the Participating Bodies listed in the CFT, 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: 5959413. 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 4th July 2025. To register on

eTendersNI and access the Questionnaire, please use the following link: -

etendersni.gov.uk ↗ and locate CfT Ref: 5959413. Suppliers should also note that any

interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering

exercise.

CPV: Medical consumables · Medical equipments · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Medical needles · Syringes

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Mar 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Mar 2026 – 28 Feb 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 28 Feb 2030 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire Spinal, Blood Collection Needles…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
24 Jun 2025, 10:46 BST
Last source update
24 Jun 2025, 10:46 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034629
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Medical consumablesMedical equipmentsMedical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care productsMedical needlesSyringes
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055257 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

24 Jun 2025 → 1 Mar 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    24 Jun 2025, 10:46 BST
  2. Market engagement
    11 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST

    Please refer to CFT documents and respond via eTendersNI secure messaging area.

  3. Tender notice expected
    1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts242 days ago
    1 Mar 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    24 Jun 2025, 10:46 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