Notice Information
Notice Title
Insulin Pens Safety Needles
Notice Description
Business Services Organisation (BSO), Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) seeks through this tender opportunity to appoint a supplier for the supply and delivery of Insulin Pen Safety Needles to Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI).
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid. The Buyer reserves the right to increase the product range depending on Service User requirements. The estimated values quoted allow for potential growth and increases to the service.
Planning Information
This is a Prior Information Notice to seek engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the supply and delivery of Insulin Pen Needles. To this end the Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of NIHSC Trusts, 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: 5988725 All correspondence in relation to this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise will be communicated via the eTendersNI secure messaging area. Suppliers will be required to submit their completed Questionnaire No Later than 3pm on 4th July 2025. To register on eTendersNI and access the Questionnaire, please use the following link: - https://etendersni.gov.uk and locate CfT Ref: 5988725 Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0544dc
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012058-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
-
- CPV Codes
33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
33100000 - Medical equipments
33140000 - Medical consumables
33141320 - Medical needles
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £731,250 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £731,250 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £483,724 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Feb 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 31 Oct 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 4 Jul 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 13 Jan 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Mar 2026 - 28 Feb 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2030-08-31
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
- Additional Buyers
BUSINESS SERVICES ORGANISATION PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS SERVICE
NORTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
SOUTH EASTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- medicalandops.sourcing@hscni.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT12 6HU
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN0A Derry City and Strabane
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Derry City and Strabane
- Electoral Ward
- Kilfennan
- Westminster Constituency
- Foyle
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012058-2026
10th February 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061093-2025
30th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030753-2025
7th June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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