Stale Pre-tender

Pre-Market Engagement for Mailing and Fulfilment Service for Bowel Cancer Screening

Details

Topic
Postal services related to letters
Published
11 August 2026
Submission
26 August 2026

Tender description

This is a Pre Market Engagement Notice to inform and seek engagement with potential suppliers for Mailing and Fulfilment Service for Bowel Cancer Screening for Business Services Organisation (BSO). To this end, BSO Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) wish to engage with potential suppliers on behalf of BSO 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 PME 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 Wednesday 26 August 2026. 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 published11 August 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

The Procurement and Logistics Service, known as PaLS, is the sole procurement and logistics provider for Health and Social Care organisations across Northern Ireland. Twelve sourcing teams manage buying across categories from medical equipment to ICT and facilities. Six operational teams run transactional purchasing across sites throughout the region. Tenders above a set value are advertised through the eTendersNI portal. Larger contracts follow the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and Northern Ireland's procurement policy. Logistics teams then distribute purchased goods from four centres to hospitals and HSC sites across the region.

£434bn was the total UK public sector procurement spend in FY 2025/26.

Over the past 5 years, most of Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, repair and maintenance and laboratory and precision equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 64112000 · Postal services related to letters
  • 79571000 · Mailing services

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