Notice Information
Notice Title
Maintenance of Anaesthetic Machines and Ventilators
Notice Description
Business Services Organisation (BSO), Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) seeks to provide a Contract for the Maintenance of Anaesthetic Machines and Ventilators to meet the requirements of the Health and Social Care (HSC) in Northern Ireland.
Lot Information
Lot 1 Anaesthetic Machines
Maintenance of Anaesthetic Machines
Options: The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid. The right to additional services while the contract is valid. The Buyer reserves the right to increase the service range depending on Service User requirements. The estimated values quoted allow for potential growth and increases to the service.
Lot 2 VentilatorsMaintenance of Ventilators
Options: The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid. The right to additional services while the contract is valid. The Buyer reserves the right to increase the service range depending on Service User requirements. The estimated values quoted allow for potential growth and increases to the service.
Planning Information
This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to seek engagement with the market place to ascertain how suppliers can assist the HSCNI in ensuring their Anaesthetic Machines and Ventilators (inc. Humidifiers) are effectively maintained across all sites. To this end, Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service wish to engage with potential suppliers on behalf of Health and Social Care for Northern Ireland to obtain a market view of the potential requirements through a questionnaire. Any interested suppliers are required to submit their response through eTendersNI. All correspondence in relation to this tender will be communicated via the secure eTendersNI messaging area. Suppliers will be required to return answers to the questionnaire and any comments no later than 15:00 on Thursday 9th October 2025. 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-05a1d5
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006360-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
50 - Repair and maintenance services
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- CPV Codes
33661100 - Anaesthetics
39714100 - Ventilators
50000000 - Repair and maintenance services
50420000 - Repair and maintenance services of medical and surgical equipment
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £21,865,439 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £21,865,439 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Feb 20264 days to go
- Future Notice Date
- 19 Dec 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Jul 2026 - 31 Jul 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- 2031-07-31
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
- Additional Buyers
NORTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
REGIONAL BUSINESS SERVICES ORGANISATION PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS SERVICE
SOUTH EASTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- smc.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/006360-2026
23rd January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059590-2025
25th September 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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