Notice Information
Notice Title
Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire - Maintenance of Vehicles - Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust
Notice Description
This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to seek additional engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the service for the Maintenance of Vehicles for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust. To this end the Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI), 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: 6081453. All correspondence in relation to this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise must be communicated via the eTendersNI secure messaging area. Suppliers will be required to submit their completed Questionnaire no later than 15:00 hours on 13 October 2025. To register on eTendersNI and access the Questionnaire, please use the following link: - https://etendersni.gov.uk and locate CfT Ref: 6081453. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.
Planning Information
This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to seek additional engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the service for the Maintenance of Vehicles for Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust. To this end the Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI), 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: 6081453. All correspondence in relation to this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise must be communicated via the eTendersNI secure messaging area. Suppliers will be required to submit their completed Questionnaire no later than 15:00 hours on 13 October 2025. To register on eTendersNI and access the Questionnaire, please use the following link: - https://etendersni.gov.uk and locate CfT Ref: 6081453. 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-05a3ce
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060411-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
50 - Repair and maintenance services
-
- CPV Codes
50000000 - Repair and maintenance services
50100000 - Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment
50111110 - Vehicle-fleet-support services
50116000 - Maintenance and repair services related to specific parts of vehicles
50116200 - Repair and maintenance services of vehicle brakes and brake parts
50116300 - Repair and maintenance services of vehicle gearboxes
50116400 - Repair and maintenance services of vehicle transmissions
50800000 - Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Sep 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 17 Nov 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Apr 2027 - 30 Apr 2032 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BUSINESS SERVICES ORGANISATION, PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS SERVICE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- sourcing.palsballymena@hscni.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BALLYMENA
- Postcode
- BT43 6DA
- 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)
- TLN0F Mid and East Antrim
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Electoral Ward
- Park
- Westminster Constituency
- North Antrim
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060411-2025
29th September 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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