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Published 29 Sept 2025, 11:11 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire – Maintenance of Vehicles – Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust

Official notice

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

Services
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) 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 5 yrsends 30 Apr 2032 · starts 1 May 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to seek additional engagement with the

market place to gather information associated with the service for the Maintenance of Vehicles for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust. To this end the Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI), 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: 6081453. All correspondence in relation to this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise must be communicated via the eTendersNI secure messaging area. Suppliers will be required to submit their completed Questionnaire no later than 15:00 hours on 13 October 2025. To register on eTendersNI and access the Questionnaire, please use the following link: - etendersni.gov.uk ↗ and locate CfT Ref: 6081453. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

CPV: Maintenance and repair services related to specific parts of vehicles · Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of vehicle brakes and brake parts · Repair and maintenance services of vehicle gearboxes · Repair and maintenance services of vehicle transmissions · Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment · Vehicle-fleet-support services

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
Services
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
29 Sept 2025, 11:11 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2025, 11:11 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060411
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Maintenance and repair services related to specific parts of vehiclesMiscellaneous repair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance services of vehicle brakes and brake partsRepair and maintenance services of vehicle gearboxesRepair and maintenance services of vehicle transmissionsRepair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipmentVehicle-fleet-support services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

29 Sept 2025 → 1 May 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published395 days ago
    29 Sept 2025, 11:11 BST
  2. Market engagement345 days ago
    17 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to seek additional engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the service for the Maintenance of Vehicles for Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust. To this end the Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI), 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: 6081453. All correspondence in relation to this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise must be communicated via the eTendersNI secure messaging area. Suppliers will be required to submit their completed Questionnaire no later than 15:00 hours on 13 October 2025. To register on eTendersNI and access the Questionnaire, please use the following link: - etendersni.gov.uk ↗ and locate CfT Ref: 6081453. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

  3. Today
    29 Oct 2026
  4. Contract startsin 183 days
    1 May 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    29 Sept 2025, 11:11 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 government GB-PPON: PWNJ-1991-NGDW The Cottage, 5 Greenmount Avenue, BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland, BT43 6DAContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure