Pre-tender

Pre Market Engagement for Provision of Soft Services for NIFRS

Details

Buyer: Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service
Value: £6,500,000
Topic: Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
Published: 2 October 2026
Submission: 23 October 2026in 3 weeks
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Provision of Soft Services for NIFRS (cleaning, catering and security)

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published2 October 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

15000000 · Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
35121000 · Security equipment
35125000 · Surveillance system
55330000 · Cafeteria services
55400000 · Beverage-serving services
55500000 · Canteen and catering services
90700000 · Environmental services
90910000 · Cleaning 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