--- title: "Ready Meal Containers and Sealing Film" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e58e" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06e58e" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e58e.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e58e.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service" published: "2026-08-17" --- # Ready Meal Containers and Sealing Film Buyer: Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e58e [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06e58e) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e58e.json) ## Summary The Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service, on behalf of Health and Social Care Northern Ireland, is exploring the supply and delivery of ready meal containers and sealing film. The requirement covers food containers and trays used for ready meals, with delivery across the United Kingdom. The buyer is seeking information from the market about suppliers’ capabilities in providing these products and supporting delivery. This is a goods requirement for businesses involved in manufacturing, wholesaling, distributing or supplying food containers, food trays and compatible sealing film. Suppliers that can provide both product lines, or can work with partners to provide the combined requirement, are likely to find the subject matter relevant when a future procurement reaches the market. This procurement is at the planning stage and is currently a preliminary market engagement exercise, rather than an invitation to tender. Interested businesses are expected to review the market-engagement questionnaire and supporting documents and submit completed responses through the buyer’s secure messaging system by 15:00 on 1 September 2026. The buyer’s anticipated date for publishing a contract notice is 2 October 2026. The planned contract period is 12 January 2027 to 11 January 2030, with a possible extension or renewal taking the maximum period to 12 January 2032. The procurement is below the applicable threshold. It is structured as one lot. The engagement is intended to test the market’s ability to supply and deliver the required containers and sealing film. This process will suit suppliers with established capability in ready meal packaging, including food-container and food-tray manufacturers, sealing-film producers, packaging wholesalers and specialist distributors. Businesses should be able to demonstrate that they can supply the relevant product range and organise reliable delivery across the United Kingdom. The buyer is specifically seeking evidence of market capability, so useful preparation will include clear information about available ready meal containers, trays and sealing film, product compatibility, supply capacity, distribution arrangements and the ability to support a multi-year health and social care requirement. The requirement may also suit packaging businesses working through supply partnerships where one organisation cannot provide every product directly. Responses to the engagement will help shape the future procurement. ## Notice Business Services Organisation (BSO), Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) on behalf of Health and Social Care NI (HSCNI) wish to seek engagement with the marketplace to ascertain the market's capabilities in respect of the supply and delivery of Ready Meal Containers and Sealing Film. ### Planning Information What you need to do now. 1. If you are not registered on eTendersNI, please do so as soon as possible. 2. Those interested in participating in such preliminary market engagement should access the 'Preliminary Market Engagement for the Provision of Ready Meal Containers and Sealing Film' via eTendersNI (https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do) at their earliest convenience, by searching for Resource ID, CfT Reference Number 6523488. Please request a copy of the following documents (a) CP13 Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire Explanatory Document v1.0 6523488; and (b) CP12 Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnairev1.0 6523488 (and accompanying appendices). All completed responses must be submitted via the secure eTendersNI messaging area of the CfT on eTendersNI no later than 15:00, Tuesday 1st September 2026. Please note that with reference to the information containing estimated date of publication of contract notice - this is only an anticipated date and subject to change. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078082-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 17 Aug 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 2 Oct 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 12 Jan 2027 - 11 Jan 2030 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service | | Locality | BELFAST | | Postcode area | Northern Ireland | | Postcode | BT12 6HU | | Country | Northern Ireland | | ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland | | ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland | | ITL 3 | TLN06 Belfast | | Local authority | Belfast | | Electoral ward | Blackstaff | | Westminster constituency | Belfast South and Mid Down | | Delivery location | TLN0 Northern Ireland | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products - 39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products ### Codes - 15000000 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products - 39221130 - Food containers - 39222200 - Food trays ## Release History - 17 Aug 2026 at 12:26 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078082-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078082-2026 17th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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