The letting and management of contracts for goods and services is carried out by Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) on behalf of the family of Health and Social Care Organisations in NI. Contracts are arranged to optimize value for money for goods and services within the HSCNI, to ensure probity and to minimise resources used in the contracting process. PaLS are required to comply with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 for contracts over a designated monetary threshold. PaLS is also committed to the NI Public Procurement Policy (2002) (as amended) and implements the Procurement Guidance Notes (PGNs) developed by the Procurement Policy Unit in Department of Finance, Construction Procurement Delivery (CPD). These will include principles for under EU threshold procurements.
BSO PaLS also manages the transactional purchasing for HSCNI Organisations which is carried out 100% electronically.
Who procures what category and from where
Procurement and Logistics Service manages the procurement of clinical and non-clinical goods and services, ICT goods and services and social care services.
The procurement services are delivered from 8 geographical sites, covering 12 procurement category sourcing teams. Staff in Sourcing Teams, who look after the letting and management of contracts for specific categories of product or service. In addition, there are 6 operational teams who are dedicated to transactional purchasing for the 16 HSC Organisations.
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Procurement Senior Management Team
Assistant Director – Procurement Assistant Director – Supply Chain Head of Goods and Services Procurement Linda O’Hare Telephone – 028 95361342
Jonathan Semple Telephone – 028 95361327
Angela McCormick Telephone – 028 95361225
Divisional Head of Procurement Divisional Head of Procurement Divisional Head of ICT Procurement Gail Watts Telephone – 028 95361419
Roisin McDonald Telephone – 028 9536 0038
Andrew Carmichael Telephone – 028 95361402
Head of Social Care Procurement Head of Compliance Unit, Governance and Risk Maedbh Hillen Telephone – 028 95361633
Marie Kennedy (interim) Telephone – 028 95361372
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Commodity Specific Procurement Managers
Capital ICT John McDermott Telephone – 028 95 362488
Sarah Hunter – ICT Projects Telephone – 028 9536 1699
Tina Beckett – ICT Goods and Services
Telephone – 028 9536 1620
Medical Pathology Grainne McGoran Telephone – 028 95361225
Lauren Moore Telephone – 028 9536 0038
Pharmacy, Dressings & Respiratory Recruitment, Hotel Services, Fire and Rescue Frazer McFadden Telephone – 028 95 361402
Shannon Sinclair Telephone – 028 95 361969
Social Care – CYP Social Care – MHLD Marleen Clements Telephone – 028 9536 1636
Damien Lavery Telephone – 028 9536 2132
Social Care – OPPD SPPS – Staff & Patient Products & Services Caralee McCormack Telephone – 028 9036 0513
Kyle McCauley Telephone – 028 9536 1540
Surgical TPAW – Transport, Patient Appliances & Waste Tammy Quinn Telephone – 028 9536 1510
Michael Neill Telephone – 028 9536 2524
Utilities and Food Compliance Unit Rodney Smyth Telephone – 028 9536 1374
Marie Kennedy (interim) Telephone – 028 95361372