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Preliminary Market Engagement: Historical Information Retention and Access Services for Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI)
Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service · Central government
In brief
Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service has announced plans to buy IT and software work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The estimated value is £1 excluding VAT.
The contract runs for 3 weeks, starting 29 October 2026.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Typical: a median of 5 bids per contract for this buyer (from 49 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is being published by Business Services Organisation (BSO) Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) on behalf of BSO Information Technology Services (ITS) and Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI).
The purpose of this engagement is to better understand the range of products, services, technologies, operating models and delivery approaches available in the market to support the retention, management and continued access of historical information held within legacy clinical, care and business systems.
To this end, this market view will be obtained through the completion of a questionnaire. Instructions for the completion of the questionnaire are available via the eTendersNI CfT [Ref: 6786279] and relevant preliminary market engagement documents. Suppliers should note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 102518-2026
About the buyer
Procurements
156Awards
33Suppliers it has used most for IT and software
- DH Opco UK Ltd4 contracts
- One Advanced Limited2 contracts
- Arcanum Information Security Limited1 contract
- Egton Medical Information Systems Limited1 contract
- Elite Training (Ni) Limited1 contract
Similar open tenders
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- £45kestimated
- £5.5mestimated
From notice 102518-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 29 October 2026. We last checked for changes on 29 October 2026.