Stale Pre-tender

Market Engagement for the Maintenance of Medical Gas Equipment [5714772]

Details

Topic
Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment
Published
17 December 2024

Tender description

This is a prior information notice to seek engagement with the market place to ascertain how suppliers can assist in ensuring that Medical Gas Equipment is maintained to the applicable standards. See II.2.4 for further details. Lot 1: This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to seek engagement with the market place to ascertain how suppliers can assist in ensuring that HSCNI can ensure their Medical Gas Equipment is effectively maintained across all sites. To this end, BSO Procurement and Logistics Service PaLS wish to engage with potential suppliers on behalf of health and social care for Northern Ireland to obtain a market view of the potential requirements through a questionnaire. Any interested suppliers are required to submit their response through the eTendersNI secure messaging area of this CfT. All correspondence in relation to this tender will be communicated via the secure eTendersNI messaging area. Suppliers will be required to return answers to the questionnaire and any comments no later than 15:00 on Friday 10th January 2025. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published17 December 2024
    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

  • 50421000 · Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment

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