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Market Soundings Meeting - Regional Communication Support Service for D/deaf, D/deaf Blind and hard of Hearing

  • Procurement and Logistics Service

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (prior information notice without call for competition)

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-002079

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-030eb8

Published 24 January 2022, 6:35pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Procurement and Logistics Service

77 Boucher Crescent

Belfast

BT12 6HU

Contact

Peter Smyth

Email

dsccbids@hscni.net

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Buyer's address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Health


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Market Soundings Meeting - Regional Communication Support Service for D/deaf, D/deaf Blind and hard of Hearing

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 79530000 - Translation services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Health and Social Care Board invites Tenderers to express an interest in attending a Market Soundings Meeting in advance of a Tender for the provision of a Regional Communications Support Service for D/deaf, D/deaf Blind and Hard of Hearing Service Users. The Market Soundings meeting will be conducted as a Zoom Meeting at 11:30am on the 8th of February. Tenderers are invited to express an interest by way of the eTenders Message Facility. Tenderers should provide details of up to two attendees. The details must include an eMail address so that the individuals can be invited to attend the Zoom Call. Note the HSCB does not intend to use this Notice to shorten the Tender Process.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £5,000,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 79540000 - Interpretation services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN - Northern Ireland
Main site or place of performance

Across all of Northern Ireland

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Health and Social Care Board invites Tenderers to express an interest in attending a Market Soundings Meeting in advance of a Tender for the provision of a Regional Communications Support Service for D/deaf, D/deaf Blind and Hard of Hearing Service Users. The Market Soundings meeting will be conducted as a Zoom Meeting at 11:30am on the 8th of February. Tenderers are invited to express an interest by way of the eTenders Message Facility. Tenderers should provide details of up to two attendees. The details must include an eMail address so that the individuals can be invited to attend the Zoom Call. Note the HSCB does not intend to use this Notice to shorten the Tender Process.

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

1 November 2022