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Treatment & Examination Couches, Chairs & Associated Equipment

Regional Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service

This public procurement record has 5 releases in its history.

Award

16 Jul 2026 at 14:57

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

14 May 2026 at 15:11

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

16 Dec 2025 at 11:21

UK4 - Tender Notice
PlanningUpdate

24 Jul 2025 at 16:00

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

24 Jul 2025 at 15:45

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Regional Business Services Organisation’s Procurement and Logistics Service bought treatment and examination couches, chairs and associated equipment for use across participating Health and Social Care organisations in Northern Ireland. The goods are medical furniture and equipment, including examination tables, for clinical and patient-care settings. The participating organisations are Belfast, Northern, South Eastern, Southern and Western Health and Social Care Trusts, alongside Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service and the Business Services Organisation. Delivery and use cover these participating bodies across Northern Ireland. The arrangement is intended to support the organisations’ requirements through a regional purchasing route, with the product range capable of being expanded to reflect service-user requirements and additional purchases during the contract.

This procurement is complete and was awarded through an open procedure under a closed framework agreement allowing call-offs with or without reopening competition. It had one lot. The award was made on 11 May 2026 and the contract was signed on 28 May 2026. The contract runs from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2030. The contract value is £1,994,147.84 excluding VAT, or £2,392,977.40 including VAT. The contract was awarded to John Preston & Co (Belfast) Ltd, Arjo UK Ltd, Northern Hospital Supplies Ltd, O.P.M. (NI) Ltd and Uniphar Medtech UK Ltd trading as Cardiac Services. Eight bids were received, with five reaching the final stage. Evaluation required a pass/fail compliance assessment, sustainability quality worth 10%, and price worth 90%.

This award shows established regional demand for suppliers of treatment and examination couches, chairs, examination tables and related medical equipment across Northern Ireland’s health and emergency-service organisations. The successful supplier group combines one large business with several SMEs, including established local and Ireland-based medical-equipment distributors, so credible competitors may include both manufacturers and specialist regional suppliers able to provide a broad product range. A future competitor would need to demonstrate compliance with the required technical specification, maintain dependable supply and distribution across participating organisations, and support additional product purchases as user requirements change. Sustainability performance matters as a scored quality element, but commercial competitiveness is decisive because price carried most of the evaluation weighting. The framework route also favours suppliers able to support repeated call-offs and, where required, renewed competition.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Treatment & Examination Couches, Chairs & Associated Equipment

Notice Description

Procurement for the Treatment & Examination Couches, Chairs & Associated Equipment for use across participating Trusts.

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 service.

Planning Information

This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice published by Business Services Organisation (BSO) Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) on behalf of Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI) to seek engagement with the market place relating to a regional tender for Treatment and Examination Couches and Chairs and Associated Equipment. The preliminary market engagement questionnaire can be obtained by contacting Sourcing.PaLSCapital@hscni.net and requesting a CP12 Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire and relating Appendix 1 for Treatment and Examination Couches and Chairs and Associated Equipment. Important Deadlines: Request Deadline: All requests for the Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire must be submitted by 3:00PM on Thursday, 21st August 2025. Please note: Requests received after this deadline will not be considered or fulfilled. Submission Deadline: Completed questionnaires must be returned via email to Sourcing.PaLSCapital@hscni.net no later than 3:00pm on Thursday, 21st August 2025.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0565ad
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067338-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

CPV Codes

33100000 - Medical equipments

33192000 - Medical furniture

33192210 - Examination tables

33192300 - Medical furniture except beds and tables

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,994,147 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,994,147 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£1,994,147 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£1,994,147 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Jul 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
5 Feb 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
21 Aug 2025Expired
Award Date
11 May 20263 months ago
Contract Period
1 Aug 2026 - 31 Jul 2030 4-5 years
Recurrence
2030-12-11

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Regional Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service
Additional Buyers

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BELFAST
Postcode
BT12 6HU
Postcode Area
Northern Ireland
Country
Northern Ireland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLN Northern Ireland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLN0 Northern Ireland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLN06 Belfast
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Belfast
Electoral Ward
Blackstaff
Westminster Constituency
Belfast South and Mid Down

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
9
Supplier Names

ARJO UK LIMITED

Arjo UK Ltd

JOHN PRESTON & CO. (BELFAST) LIMITED

John Preston & Co (Belfast) Ltd

NORTHERN HOSPITAL SUPPLIES LIMITED

Northern Hospital Supplies Ltd

O.P.M. (NI) LTD

UNIPHAR MEDTECH UK LIMITED

Uniphar Medtech UK LTD t/a Cardiac Services

Further Information

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