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Pre-Tender Market Engagement - Provision of Advocacy Support for Children in Care and Care Experienced Young People of Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland

Details

Buyer: HSC Business Services Organisation
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 27 October 2023
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Prior information notice - Pre-Tender Market Engagement - Provision of Advocacy Support for Children in Care and Care Experienced Young People of Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland Lot 1: The Department of Health, Strategic Planning and Performance Group (SPPG) aim to procure a service for the provision of Advocacy Support for Children in Care and Care Experienced Young People of Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland. The aim of the Advocacy Support service is to support and maximise opportunities that will enable Children in Care and care experienced Young People to represent their views, wishes and feelings in care planning and decision making and to support, empower and protect their rights. The purpose of this PIN is to raise awareness of an upcoming procurement and gauge the level of interest in the provision of such services. The PIN is also intended to make potential Providers aware, in advance of the publication of the tender, key service requirements and the introduction of Northern Ireland Procurement Policy Notes (PPN) relating to Social Value and Human Rights that will be included in any future Tender. The Business Services Organisation (BSO), Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) will be conducting the procurement process including this pre-tender market engagement process on behalf of the SPPG. PaLS are the Centre of Procurement Expertise for Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published27 October 2023
Current notice

About the buyer

HSC Business Services Organisation provides shared business support to the health and social care system in Northern Ireland, and buys as a regional healthcare body through its Procurement and Logistics Service. PaLS lets and manages contracts for goods and services on behalf of the family of HSC organisations. Every competition above the quotation threshold is advertised on the eTendersNI portal, where suppliers register to view documents and submit returns. Smaller requirements go out as quotations through eTendersNI. Twelve category sourcing teams work from eight sites across Northern Ireland.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of HSC Business Services Organisation's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, IT services and health and social work.

Relevant CPV codes

85000000 · Health and social work services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hsc-business-services-organisation.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hsc-business-services-organisation.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hsc-business-services-organisation.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hsc-business-services-organisation.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hsc-business-services-organisation.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hsc-business-services-organisation.gov

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