Notice Information
Notice Title
Adult and Paediatric Enteral Feeds and Associated Equipment/Consumables, including a Home Enteral Feeding Service
Notice Description
Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland (HSCNI) has identified scope for improvement to the current arrangements for ordering and supply of adult and paediatric enteral feeds and the equipment required for their administration. An executive summary of the Thematic Review of Ordering and Supply Arrangements for Home Enteral Tube Feeds and Equipment has been provided for background information. This document will help provide context to the considerations HSCNI has to make in order to progress this service change/redesign (Nb. target implementation/go-live date for proposed redesigned service is early-mid 2027). It is important to note that current figures indicate approx. 745 home adult and 625 home paediatric patients regionally require to avail of a home enteral feeding service, in addition to a current maximum of 420 adult in-patients and 65 paediatric in-patients regionally requiring to be enterally fed on a daily basis, although it should be acknowledged that there is a growing trend in terms of patient numbers. Trust-by-Trust breakdown of current patient numbers is presented in the Supplier Brief accessible via PME CfT reference 6375145. It is envisaged that the HSCNI region will be split in two geographically (likely a three-Trust / two-Trust split, but still TBA), with a different supplier awarded the business in each of the sub-regions and required to meet the needs of both home and in-patient, and adult and paediatric patients managed by the HSCNI Trusts making up the assigned sub-region.
Planning Information
Interested economic operators are first requested to provide a written response to the questions as listed in the ‘Specific Goods or Services’ tab of the PME Questionnaire accessible via CfT reference [6375145]. As a second stage of this PME opportunity, economic operators who express an interest in engaging face-to-face will be invited to attend a virtual individual supplier engagement session. Economic operators interested in attending a virtual individual supplier engagement session should email steven.cinnamond@hscni.net by 3pm on Wednesday 18th February 2026 with the words 'PME Expression of Interest' appearing in the subject line of the email. Economic operators, whose participation in this second stage of PME is requested and subsequently confirmed by BSO PaLS, are asked to prepare a 45-minute (max.) presentation which touches upon, as a minimum, the written responses to the questions as included in the 'Specific Goods or Services' tab of the PME Questionnaire accessible via CfT reference [6375145], in addition to addressing any other areas deemed relevant to the potential scope and specification of the contract to be awarded (Nb. following the 45-minute (max.) presentation time, there will be a 15-minute (max.) window during which Tender Assessment Panel (TAP) representatives in attendance may ask for further clarification or responses to questions/queries which arise during the course of the presentation). Previous Prior Information Notice (PIN) reference applicable to this exercise: 2023/S 000-036931 Economic operators should note that any interest expressed in participating in this PME opportunity does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-061268
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008215-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
42 - Industrial machinery
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
15880000 - Special nutritional products
15882000 - Dietetic products
33141624 - Administration sets
33692300 - Enteral feeds
42122411 - Nutritional pumps
85312200 - Homedelivery of provisions
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Jan 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Jun 20264 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Mar 2027 - 28 Feb 2030 3-4 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
- REGIONAL BUSINESS SERVICES ORGANISATION PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS SERVICE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- pdrandops.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)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Blackstaff
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008215-2026
29th January 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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