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Preliminary Market Engagement for Maintenance of Laundry Equipment and Plant [6729549]

Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service

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16 Sep 2026 at 15:35

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics, acting for Health and Social Care Northern Ireland, is exploring the market for maintenance of laundry equipment and plant across health and social care sites in Northern Ireland. The requirement is a service covering effective maintenance of laundry machinery and associated plant, with work carried out across all relevant sites. The stated scope relates to repair and maintenance services, including miscellaneous maintenance and laundry-operation services (CPV 50000000, 50800000 and 98311200). Suppliers are being asked to provide a market view of the potential requirements and explain how they could help maintain the equipment to applicable standards. This is an early market exercise rather than a request to deliver services or submit a tender.

This procurement is at the planning stage and is a pre-market engagement exercise, not an invitation to tender. The buyer intends to use supplier responses to understand the market before deciding the requirements for any future competition; participation does not commit the buyer to a later tender. The planned engagement uses a questionnaire, with responses expected by 15:00 on 1 October 2026. If a contract proceeds, the current planning assumption is a five-year term from 1 November 2027 to 31 October 2032, with renewal potential extending the maximum period to 31 October 2035. The published procurement value is £0, so no contract value has been established at this stage.

The exercise will suit businesses that maintain commercial or industrial laundry equipment and plant, particularly suppliers able to support multiple health and social care locations rather than a single site. Relevant preparation includes demonstrating repair, planned and reactive maintenance capability, operational capacity across Northern Ireland, and the ability to manage equipment reliably over a multi-year service period. Suppliers should be ready to explain how their service would keep laundry assets operating effectively and in line with applicable standards, and to give practical comments on the likely scope, service model and requirements. The buyer is specifically seeking market insight through its questionnaire, so equipment specialists, maintenance contractors and laundry-service providers with suitable technical teams may be well placed to contribute before any future tender is designed.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Preliminary Market Engagement for Maintenance of Laundry Equipment and Plant [6729549]

Notice Description

This is a Pre Market Engagement Notice to seek engagement with the market place to ascertain how suppliers can assist in ensuring that the Laundry Equipment and Plant is maintained to the applicable standards. See the "CP13 Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire - Explanatory Document" for more information.

Planning Information

This is a Pre Market Engagement Notice to seek engagement with the market place to ascertain how suppliers can assist in ensuring that HSCNI Laundry Equipment and Plant are effectively maintained across all sites. To this end, BSO Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) 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 the eTendersNI secure messaging area of this CfT. 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 1st October 2026. 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-0773b4
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087890-2026
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

50 - Repair and maintenance services

98 - Other community, social and personal services

CPV Codes

50000000 - Repair and maintenance services

50800000 - Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services

98311200 - Laundry-operation services

Notice Value(s)

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

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Sep 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Nov 2027 - 31 Oct 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
Regional 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

Further Information

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