Upcoming
Prescription Processing and Validation (PPV) Solution
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 145 months, starting 8 October 2025.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Usually high: a median of 6 bids per contract for this buyer (from 47 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
This is a preliminary market engagement notice to seek engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the provision of prescription processing and validation
solutions. 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 potential requirements through the
completion of a questionnaire. Instructions for completion of the questionnaire are
available via the eTendersNI CfT [Ref: 6188500] and relevant preliminary market
engagement documents. Suppliers should not 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 063261-2025
About the buyer
Procurements
153Awards
36Suppliers it has used most for IT and software
- DH Opco UK Ltd5 contracts
- One Advanced Limited2 contracts
- Arcanum Information Security Limited1 contract
- Egton Medical Information Systems Limited1 contract
- Elite Training (Ni) Limited1 contract
Similar open tenders
All open IT and software tenders- £2.84mestimated
- £185kestimated
- £250kestimated
- £8bnframework ceiling
- £243kestimated
From notice 063261-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 8 October 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.