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Preliminary Market Engagement for Healthcare Waste

Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS)

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18 Aug 2026 at 16:42

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS), acting for Health and Social Care Northern Ireland, is examining requirements for healthcare waste services. The scope covers collecting and transporting healthcare waste, followed by treatment and disposal, recycling or recovery. It includes clinical, biological, medical, toxic, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, as well as related refuse transport, recycling, incineration and waste-transfer activities. The requirement may also involve waste-collection vehicles, incinerators, transfer stations, recycling equipment and management of waste facilities. This is a Northern Ireland health and social care requirement, with PaLS managing the procurement on behalf of HSCNI. Suppliers operating across healthcare waste logistics and compliant treatment or recovery routes are the natural market for this work.

The process is at the planning stage and is currently a preliminary market engagement exercise, not an invitation to tender. PaLS is seeking market information through a questionnaire to help shape potential future requirements. Interested suppliers are expected to return the completed questionnaire by 15:00 on 2 September 2026 through the secure messaging area for CfT reference 6592488 on eTendersNI. The buyer has indicated an earliest potential contract start date of 1 August 2027, with an estimated contract period ending on 31 July 2032; the start date assumes extensions are not used. One lot is currently planned. The recorded gross estimated value is £0, including VAT, and interest does not commit the buyer to a future tender.

This engagement will suit suppliers already equipped to handle healthcare and clinical waste from collection through transport, treatment and final disposal or recovery. Relevant businesses may include specialist healthcare-waste contractors, hazardous and toxic-waste operators, clinical-waste treatment facilities, recycling and recovery providers, incinerator operators, waste-transfer station managers and refuse logistics companies. The buyer is also exploring the operational infrastructure supporting delivery, including compliant collection vehicles, transfer facilities, incineration and recycling equipment. Suppliers able to offer integrated services across several treatment routes should be well placed to provide useful market intelligence. Environmental-service businesses with experience of segregating, transporting and processing biological, medical and other regulated waste should prepare to explain their capabilities before any future competition.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Preliminary Market Engagement for Healthcare Waste

Notice Description

This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to seek additional engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the collection, transportation, treatment and disposal/recycling/recovery of Healthcare Waste. 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: 6592488. 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 02 September 2026. To register on eTendersNI and access the Questionnaire, please use the following link: - https://etendersni.gov.uk and locate CfT Ref: 6592488. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise. In regard to the Contract start date (estimated), please be advised that this date is the earliest potential start date should extension(s) not be utilised.

Planning Information

This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to seek additional engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the collection, transportation, treatment and disposal/recycling/recovery of Healthcare Waste. 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: 6592488. 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 02 September 2026. To register on eTendersNI and access the Questionnaire, please use the following link: - https://etendersni.gov.uk and locate CfT Ref: 6592488. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e6e8
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078702-2026
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

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

42 - Industrial machinery

45 - Construction work

60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

CPV Codes

34144511 - Refuse-collection vehicles

42320000 - Waste incinerators

42914000 - Recycling equipment

45232470 - Waste transfer station

60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

90500000 - Refuse and waste related services

90510000 - Refuse disposal and treatment

90511000 - Refuse collection services

90512000 - Refuse transport services

90513000 - Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services

90513300 - Refuse incineration services

90514000 - Refuse recycling services

90520000 - Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services

90523000 - Toxic waste disposal services except radioactive waste and contaminated soil

90524100 - Clinical-waste collection services

90524200 - Clinical-waste disposal services

90524300 - Removal services of biological waste

90524400 - Collection, transport and disposal of hospital waste

90533000 - Waste-tip management services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
14 Oct 20262 months to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Aug 2027 - 31 Jul 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 (PaLS)
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BALLYMENA
Postcode
BT43 6DA
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)
TLN0F Mid and East Antrim
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Mid and East Antrim
Electoral Ward
Park
Westminster Constituency
North Antrim

Further Information

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