How to win: Preliminary Market Engagement: Historical Information Retention and Access Services for Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI)

About this contract

This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is being published by Business Services Organisation (BSO) Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) on behalf of BSO Information Technology Services (ITS) and Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI). The purpose of this engagement is to better understand the range of products, services, technologies, operating models and delivery approaches available in the market to support the retention, management and continued access of historical information held within legacy clinical, care and business systems. To this end, this market view will be obtained through the completion of a questionnaire. Instructions for the completion of the questionnaire are available via the eTendersNI CfT [Ref: 6786279] and relevant preliminary market engagement documents. Suppliers should note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £1, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: deadlines are tight and a strong bid takes iteration.

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