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Preliminary Market Engagement 2026 - Provision of Specialist Learning Disability Vocational Training Services through Social Enterprise within the NHSCT [6393091]

Details

Topic
Health and social work services
Published
15 August 2025
Submission
6 March 2026

Tender description

The Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) on behalf of the Northern Health & Social Care Trust (NHSCT) wish to carry out a preliminary market engagement with interested providers. This market engagement is intended to inform the market that the NHSCT are proposing to tender for the provision of Learning Disability Vocational Training Services through Social Enterprise facilities to Adults with a Learning Disability within the NHSCT (Adults being 18+ years of age). The NHSCT have published this second preliminary market engagement (CfT Reference no: 6393091) for this tender to inform the market of this advanced draft of the specification and we are also inviting potential tenderers to consider the cost for this service based on the stated available budgets outlined in Section 3.17 of the CP13 Vocational Services - 2026 Market Engagement Briefing Paper. Therefore, as part of this engagement we are asking potential providers to complete and return ‘Appendix C – Breakdown of Costs’ with a proposed cost breakdown for how they would deliver this service based on the available budget. We are seeking this cost breakdown for information purposes while allowing potential suppliers to assess the affordability of the service before we publish the tender. Please note that the annual cost of this service must be inclusive of all costs associated with this service. Please refer to the ‘CP13 Vocational Services - 2026 Market Engagement Briefing Paper’ and associated appendices for further information – all documents associated with this market engagement are available in CfT document section under CfT Reference No: 6393091

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published15 August 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

Northern Area Health & Social Care Trust is a Health and Social Care trust based at Antrim Area Hospital. The Procurement and Logistics Service, part of the Business Services Organisation, provides procurement to all public HSC organisations in Northern Ireland. PaLS holds Centre of Procurement Expertise status. Most contracts run for three years, with options to extend for up to two more.

Over the past 5 years, most of Northern Area Health & Social Care Trust's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, repair and maintenance and IT services.

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