--- title: "Preliminary Market Engagement for Healthcare Waste" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e6e8" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06e6e8" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e6e8.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e6e8.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS)" published: "2026-08-18" --- # Preliminary Market Engagement for Healthcare Waste Buyer: Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e6e8 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06e6e8) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e6e8.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078702-2026 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 18 Aug 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 14 Oct 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Aug 2027 - 31 Jul 2032 | | 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 | Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) | | Locality | BALLYMENA | | Postcode area | Northern Ireland | | Postcode | BT43 6DA | | Country | Northern Ireland | | ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland | | ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland | | ITL 3 | TLN0F Mid and East Antrim | | Local authority | Mid and East Antrim | | Electoral ward | Park | | Westminster constituency | North Antrim | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### 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 ### 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 ## Release History - 18 Aug 2026 at 16:42 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078702-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078702-2026 18th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://etendersni.gov.uk - 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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