Pre-tender

Point of Care Testing (POCT) International Normalised Ration (INR), testing, Meter, Reagents, Consumables and Quality Control and POCT Portable Handheld Blood Gas Testing

Details

Topic
Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Published
6 November 2026
Submission
10 December 2026in 1 month

Tender description

This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is being published by the Regional Business Services Organisation (BSO) Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) for the purposes of informing and engaging with potential service providers regarding the upcoming public competition for Point of Care Testing (POCT) International Normalised Ratio (INR) Testing and POCT Portable Handheld Blood Gas (HHBG) Testing within Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI). The five Buyers within HSCNI, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust (BHSCT), Northern Health & Social Care Trust (NHSCT) Southern Health & Social Care Trust (SHSCT), South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust (SEHSCT) and Western Health & Social Care Trust (WHSCT) require POCT INR testing Devices, Middleware and Connectivity, Reagents, Consumables, Quality Control (Q.C.), Training, Service and Maintenance and External Quality Assurance (EQA). The five Buyers also require POCT portable HHBG testing devices, middleware and connectivity, reagents, consumables, Q.C, training, service and maintenance and EQA.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published6 November 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. Larger contracts follow the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and Northern Ireland's procurement policy.

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.

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