Planning

Preliminary Market Engagement for Fresh Sandwiches and Fresh Ready to Eat Grab and Go Foods

  • Procurement and Logistics Service

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-074006

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05e188

Published 14 November 2025, 1:48pm



Scope

Reference

6256138

Description

Business Services Organisation (BSO), Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) on behalf of Health and Social Care NI (HSCNI) wish to seek engagement with the marketplace to ascertain the market's capabilities in respect of the supply and delivery of Fresh Sandwiches and Fresh Ready to Eat Grab and Go Foods.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 March 2026 to 28 February 2029
  • Possible extension to 28 February 2031
  • 5 years

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 15000000 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
  • 15811500 - Prepared bread products
  • 15811510 - Sandwiches
  • 15811511 - Prepared sandwiches
  • 15850000 - Pasta products
  • 15851210 - Prepared pasta
  • 15800000 - Miscellaneous food products
  • 03211600 - Oats
  • 15300000 - Fruit, vegetables and related products

Contract locations

  • UKN0 - Northern Ireland

Engagement

Engagement deadline

5 December 2025

Engagement process description

What you need to do now. 1. If you are not registered on eTendersNI, please do so as soon as possible. 2. Those interested in participating in such preliminary market engagement should access the 'Preliminary Market Engagement for the Provision of Fresh Sandwiches and Fresh Ready to Eat Grab and Go Foods' via eTendersNI (https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do ) at their earliest convenience, by searching for Resource ID / CfT Reference Number 6256138. Please request a copy of the following documents (a) CP13 Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire Explanatory Document v1.0 6256138; and (b) CP12 Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire v1.0 6256138 (and accompanying appendices). All completed responses must be submitted via the secure eTendersNI messaging area of the CfT on eTendersNI no later than 15:00, Friday 5th December 2025. Please note that with reference to the information containing estimated date of publication of contract notice - this is only an anticipated date and subject to change.


Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

15 January 2026


Contracting authority

Procurement and Logistics Service

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PWNJ-1991-NGDW

77 Boucher Crescent

Belfast

BT12 6HU

United Kingdom

Region: UKN06 - Belfast

Organisation type: Public authority - central government

Devolved regulations that apply: Northern Ireland