Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service
Greenmount House, Woodside Road Industrial Estate, Woodside Road
Ballymena
BT42 4TP
Country
United Kingdom
Region 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
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
Pre-Market Engagement for Maintenance of Workshop Equipment (4560163)
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Business Services Organisation (BSO) Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) are wishing to inform potential
suppliers on behalf of Health and Social Care for Northern Ireland of the mandatory inclusion of scored Social Value criteria in the
upcoming tender for Maintenance of Workshop Equipment and to seek feedback in relation the scope of the tender. See II.2.4 for further details.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services
- 50800000 - Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services
- 39300000 - Miscellaneous equipment
- 42600000 - Machine tools
- 42900000 - Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Business Services Organisation (BSO) Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) are wishing to inform potential suppliers on behalf of Health and Social Care for Northern Ireland of the mandatory inclusion of scored Social Value criteria in the upcoming tender for Maintenance of Workshop Equipment and to obtain a market view on the most feasible approach to deliver the required Social Value and to provide any other feedback deemed relevant to the proposed scope of this Tender. To this end, BSO Procurement and Logistics Service PaLS wish to engage with potential suppliers on behalf of Health and Social Care for Northern Ireland to obtain a market view of the potential requirements through a questionnaire. Any interested suppliers are required to submit their response through the eTendersNI secure messaging area of this CfT. All correspondence in relation to this tender will be communicated via the secure eTendersNI messaging area. Suppliers will be required to return answers to the questionnaire and any comments NO LATER THAN 15:00 on Monday 28th November 2022. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.
two.2.14) Additional information
Potential Tenderers are not required to respond to this Prior Information Notice. This tender will be published on the etendersni.gov.uk website and all tender documentation including the specification will be made available via the. https://etendersni.gov.uk/ website at that time.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 May 2023
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes