Official UK procurement notice
Urine, Cerebrospinal Fluid and Body Fluids Microscopy Analysers, Reagents, Consumables and Quality Control
Authority: Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice published by Business Services
Organisation (BSO) Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) on behalf of Northern Health
and Social Care Trust (NHSCT) Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT) Southern
Health and Social Care Trust (SHSCT) South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
(SEHSCT) and Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (BHSCT) to seek engagement with the
market place as PaLS are commencing work for a regional tender for an automated particle
analyser to support diagnostic services across all 5 Health and Social Care Northern
Ireland(HSCNI) trusts.
This preliminary market engagement notice is for an automated particle analysers that will
identify, classify and quantify various particles in urine in order to reduce the need for manual
microscopic review, screen out negative samples and allow for earlier reporting. This
procurement is being considered in response to diagnostic demand, the need for greater
efficiency, and the desire to adopt more consistent and automated approaches to laboratory
testing.
The purpose of this market engagement is to: gain greater knowledge and understanding of
the current market landscape; evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of existing solutions;
educate stakeholders on emerging technologies and service models; assess supplier
readiness and identify any recent developments or innovations in the provision of urine,
cerebrospinal fluid and body fluids microscopy analyser(s), reagents, consumables and
quality control.
Further Information:
The overall purpose of this questionnaire is to engage with prospective suppliers and gain
further knowledge and understanding of the market landscape.
Suppliers should note that any interest shown in this Preliminary Market Engagement
exercise does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.
For any further information please contact palsgransha.sourcing@hscni.net
CPV: Analysers · Analysis apparatus · Apparatus for detecting fluids · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · Medical equipments · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
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
- 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
- 12 Aug 2025, 11:21 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Aug 2025, 11:21 BST
- Authority reference
5655454- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047940- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0585ddFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
12 Aug 2025 → 1 Aug 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published12 Aug 2025, 11:21 BST
- Market engagement20 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
**This is an extension of a Preliminary Market Engagement published under Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-055c27**
This process will include a preliminary market engagement questionnaire, a presentation to
HSCNI subject matter experts and a question session with the experts following the
presentation.
We invite prospective suppliers to participate in this initial market engagement exercise by
initially completing the Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire.
The preliminary market questionnaire can be obtained by contacting
palsgransha.sourcing@hscni.net and requesting a CP12 Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire for tender 5655454 Urine, Cerebrospinal Fluid and Body Fluids Microscopy
Analysers, Reagents, Consumables and Quality Control.
Submission Deadline: Completed questionnaires must be returned via email to
palsgransha.sourcing@hscni.net no later than 3:00 PM on 20/08/2025.
The presentation and following question session will take place at a date, time and location
to be specified by PaLS. Invitations to this session will only be sent to those who have
completed and submitted the CP12 Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire. Please
note spaces for this session will be limited.
- Contract starts89 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Aug 2025, 11:21 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