6217124 - Preliminary Market Engagement for an Air Ambulance/Air Transfer Service
Details
- Topic
- Air transport services
- Published
- 24 October 2025
- Submission
- 10 November 2025
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to seek additional engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the service for an Air Ambulance/Air Transfer Service. 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: 6217124. 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 17:00 hours on 10 November 2025. To register on eTendersNI and access the Questionnaire, please use the following link: - https://etendersni.gov.uk and locate CfT Ref: 6217124. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.
Timeline
- Completed: Pre-tender published24 October 2025Current 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
- 60400000 · Air transport services
- 60410000 · Scheduled air transport services
- 60420000 · Non-scheduled air transport services
- 60424000 · Hire of air transport equipment with crew
- 60424100 · Hire of aircraft with crew
- 60424110 · Hire of fixed-wing aircraft with crew
- 60444000 · Aircraft-operation services
- 60445000 · Aircraft operating services
- 85143000 · Ambulance services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | 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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