Preliminary Market Engagement Counselling Services
Description: Ulster University will potentially seek to tender for the provision of student/employee counselling services. Ulster University wishes to procure an external student/employee counselling provider to supplement existing sources of internal wellbeing, mental health, disability and financial support to students through our Student and Employee Wellbeing teams across our Belfast, Derry-Londonderry and Coleraine campuses.
Summary: Ulster University is in the planning stage for a procurement process involving the provision of student and employee counselling services. The university, located in Coleraine, United Kingdom, is conducting a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) to gather information and inform its strategy for this procurement. This process is related to the industry category of counselling services and is governed by Northern Irish devolved regulations. Key dates include a deadline for the expression of interest on 28th May 2026, with the possibility of a future tender notice by 1st July 2026. The anticipated contract period is from January 2027 to January 2030, with potential extensions until January 2033.