AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
BSO PaLS has published a contract award notice for a Northern Ireland framework for community profiling beds, mattresses, accessories and spare parts. Five named awards remain pending and name four verified suppliers; separate active award records cover lots 3, 7 and 8 but provide no supplier, scope or value details.
Published outcomeThe notice records pending multi-supplier awards for lots 1, 2, 4 and 6, and a pending single-supplier award for lot 5. It does not evidence signed or commenced contracts.
Market significanceThe published framework ceiling is £20,525,547, with a stated four-year base period and potential extensions of up to 18 months. Published named-award values are shared among suppliers where more than one supplier is listed.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
4 supplier records analysed
DRIVE MEDICAL LIMITED
98% confidenceAward 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 · Lots 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 · Shared award values; no supplier-specific allocation published GBP · Named supplier on pending awards
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Verified company number 04301005; listed on awards 1–5. Source notice names it “DRIVE DEVILBISS HEALTHCARE LTD”.
LISCLARE LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1, 2, 3, 5 · Lots 1, 2, 4, 6 · Shared award values; no supplier-specific allocation published GBP · Named supplier on pending awards
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Verified company number NI031180; listed on awards 1, 2, 3 and 5.
J. Y. HYGIENE SUPPLIES LTD
99% confidenceAward 1, 2 · Lots 1, 2 · Shared award values; no supplier-specific allocation published GBP · Named supplier on pending awards
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Verified company number NI610184; listed on awards 1 and 2.
ARJO UK LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 2 · Lots 2 · Shared award value; no supplier-specific allocation published GBP · Named supplier on pending award
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Verified company number 10842512; listed on award 2.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
98% confidenceContract award notice published; procurement status complete
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Notice type is “Contract award notice on Find a Tender”; tender status is complete.
Named award status
99% confidencePending
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Awards 1 to 5 are each marked pending.
Signature status
98% confidenceNot evidenced; future signature date scheduled for 28 October 2026
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Each pending award has a scheduled futureSignatureDate of 2026-10-28.
Planned contract period
98% confidence16 November 2026 to 15 November 2030
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Each pending award states this contract period.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published framework maximum value
92% confidence£20,525,547
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Process value_max is 20525547 GBP; options text says the estimated total includes a four-year framework, contingency, price increases and potential extensions.
Award 1 shared value
99% confidence£4,870,000 excluding VAT (£5,843,000 including VAT)
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Pending award 1 value; three named suppliers.
Award 2 shared value
99% confidence£4,342,200 excluding VAT (£5,210,600 including VAT)
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Pending award 2 value; four named suppliers.
Award 3 shared value
99% confidence£250,500 excluding VAT (£300,500 including VAT)
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Pending award 3 value; two named suppliers.
Award 4 value
99% confidence£395,000 excluding VAT (£473,500 including VAT)
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Pending award 4 value; one named supplier.
Award 5 shared value
99% confidence£36,000 excluding VAT (£43,000 including VAT)
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Pending award 5 value; two named suppliers.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Preliminary market engagement notice
99% confidence29 January 2026
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Release history entry 008018-2026.
Tender notice published
99% confidence29 June 2026
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Release history entry 060957-2026.
Tender update published
99% confidence4 August 2026
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Release history entry 073846-2026.
Submission deadline
99% confidence19 August 2026, 15:00 BST
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Process submission_deadline.
Award notice published
99% confidence16 October 2026
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Award notice 098179-2026 publication timestamp.
Standstill end
99% confidence27 October 2026
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Stated for pending awards 1–5.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceFramework for supply and delivery of community profiling beds, mattresses and associated products to Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland.
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Process description.
Named awarded lot coverage
98% confidenceLots 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 cover standard, low-entry, heavy-duty, bariatric and paediatric profiling-bed requirements with compatible mattresses, accessories and spare parts.
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Titles and items for pending awards 1–5.
Delivery area
99% confidenceNorthern Ireland (UKN)
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Delivery addresses on pending awards.
Other lots
99% confidenceLots 3, 7 and 8 are referenced by active award records, but their titles and scope are not supplied.
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Active awards -1 and -2 relate to lots 3, 8 and 7 respectively.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen procedure
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Process procurementMethodDetails.
Framework arrangement
99% confidenceYes
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Tender techniques specify hasFrameworkAgreement: true.
Competition information
99% confidenceNumber of tenders, evaluation scores and award rationale not supplied in the published data.
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No bid-count, score or rationale fields supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Base term
98% confidenceFour years planned
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Pending award periods run from 16 November 2026 to 15 November 2030; options text refers to a four-year framework.
Options
96% confidenceBuyer may make additional purchases, increase product range, and may have potential extensions of up to 18 months.
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Options description on pending awards.
Contract formation
99% confidenceNot confirmed
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Named awards are pending and signature is scheduled rather than confirmed.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Allocation structure
99% confidenceThe notice uses multi-supplier awards for four of the five named awards. Published values for those awards are shared framework values, not individual supplier allocations.
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Awards 1, 2, 3 and 5 list multiple suppliers and a single award value.
Named single-supplier award
99% confidenceLot 5’s bariatric-bed requirement names DRIVE MEDICAL LIMITED only, but the award remains pending.
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Award 4 relates to lot 5, lists company number 04301005 only, and has pending status.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Pending awards
99% confidenceThe five awards containing supplier and value information are pending, so publication does not establish signed or active contracts.
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Awards 1–5 status is pending; signature dates are scheduled.
Unnamed active awards
99% confidenceActive award records exist for lots 3, 7 and 8, but no supplier, title, value or contract-term data is supplied for them.
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Awards -1 and -2 reference those lots without those fields.
Supplier name discrepancy
99% confidenceThe source notice names “DRIVE DEVILBISS HEALTHCARE LTD”, while company number 04301005 is verified as DRIVE MEDICAL LIMITED. The verified legal name is used in this analysis.
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Supplier verification records show a company-number match and nameMismatch: true.
Information not supplied in the published notice
99% confidenceNo individual supplier allocations, lot-level values for lots 3, 7 and 8, bid counts, scoring, pricing breakdowns or award rationale are supplied.
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Supplied structured data contains no such fields.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Awards 1–5 are pending; the notice does not confirm signature or contract commencement.
- Active award records for lots 3, 7 and 8 contain no supplier, title, value or contract-period information.
- Multi-supplier award values cannot be allocated to individual suppliers from the supplied evidence.
- The source supplier name “DRIVE DEVILBISS HEALTHCARE LTD” differs from the verified legal name DRIVE MEDICAL LIMITED for company number 04301005.
- Information not supplied in the published notice includes tender counts, evaluation results, award rationale, pricing breakdowns and individual supplier spend.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
BSO PaLScommunity profiling bedsNorthern Ireland procurementDRIVE MEDICAL LIMITEDLISCLARE LIMITEDARJO UK LIMITED
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Has the framework been signed?
No. The named awards are pending and the notice records a future signature date rather than a completed signature.
Who is named on the pending awards?
DRIVE MEDICAL LIMITED, LISCLARE LIMITED, J. Y. HYGIENE SUPPLIES LTD and ARJO UK LIMITED.
What is the published framework maximum value?
£20,525,547, subject to the notice's stated assumptions and options.
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