Official UK procurement notice
Preliminary Market Engagement for Vending Services for Confectionery, Snacks and Drinks for Clients within NI Health and Social Care
Authority: Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBusiness Services Organisation (BSO), Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) on behalf of Health and Social Care NI (HSCNI) wish to seek engagement with the marketplace to ascertain the market's capabilities in respect of the provision of Vending Services for Confectionery, Snacks and Drinks.
CPV: Automatic goods-vending machines · Canteen and catering services · Vending machines · Vending-machine ingredients
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- 14 Aug 2025, 10:13 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Aug 2025, 10:13 BST
- Authority reference
6081888- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-048636- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05879eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
14 Aug 2025 → 1 Mar 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published14 Aug 2025, 10:13 BST
- Market engagement4 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
What you need to do now. 1. If you are not registered on eTendersNI, please do so as soon as possible. 2. Those interested in participating in such preliminary market engagement should access the 'Preliminary Market Engagement for the Provision of Vending Services for Confectionery, Snacks and Drinks for Clients within NI Health and Social Care via eTendersNI (etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do ↗ ) at their earliest convenience, by searching for Resource ID / CfT Reference Number 6081888. Please request a copy of the following documents (a) CP13 Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire Explanatory Document
v1.0 Vending Services and (b) CP12 Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire v1.0 Vending Services (and accompanying appendices). All completed responses must be submitted via the secure eTendersNI messaging area of the CfT on eTendersNI no later than 15:00, Thursday 4th September 2025. Please note that with reference to the information containing estimated date of publication of contract notice - this is only an anticipated date and subject to change.
- Tender notice expected341 days ago21 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts242 days ago1 Mar 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published14 Aug 2025, 10:13 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender