Closed tender

Preliminary Market Engagement: Prescription Processing and Validation Solution

Details

Buyer: Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service
Topic: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published: 26 August 2026
Submission: 9 September 2026
Source: uk:ni-etenders

Tender description

Timeline

Completed: Tender published26 August 2026
Current notice
Completed: Submission date9 September 2026

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

72000000 · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72210000 · Programming services of packaged software products
72212213 · Operating system enhancement software development services
72212421 · Facilities management software development services
72212422 · Software development services suites
72212430 · Inventory management software development services
72212481 · Sales or marketing software development services
72212510 · Communication software development services
72212517 · IT software development services
72212781 · System management software development services
72230000 · Custom software development services
72232000 · Development of transaction processing and custom software
72242000 · Design-modelling services
72250000 · System and support services
72260000 · Software-related services
72265000 · Software configuration services
72267000 · Software maintenance and repair services
72267100 · Maintenance of information technology software
72268000 · Software supply services
72300000 · Data services
72500000 · Computer-related services
72510000 · Computer-related management services
72540000 · Computer upgrade services
72590000 · Computer-related professional services
73100000 · Research and experimental development services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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