Funding opportunities
To advance our priorities and objectives, a range of services and initiatives will be procured or grant funded by the Public Health Agency (PHA) to improve health and wellbeing outcomes and address major health inequalities.
This portal will contain information on procurement and grant funding opportunities as well as associated specifications and guidance. If you are interested in procurement and grant funding opportunities with the PHA please keep this portal under regular review and note any timescales set for responses.
The PHA welcomes responses from all interested parties, large or small, whether community, voluntary or private as long as they can meet the requirements identified and demonstrate that they can deliver the benefits expected.
To view current grants and tender opportunities or archived information please click the appropriate sections below.
Current funding opportunities
Archive information
Market engagement - community based early intervention services for adults and family members / carers / people affected by substance use
The Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) on behalf of the Public Health Agency (PHA) wish to carry out a market engagement with providers interested in delivering a Community Based Early Intervention Services for Adults and Family Members / Carers / People affected by Substance Use.
This pre-tender market engagement will take the form of a Briefing Paper and Questionnaire for providers to respond to. The purpose of this engagement is to receive feedback from providers on the proposed new procurement arrangements and key elements of the service. It is also to make potential providers aware of the introduction of Northern Ireland Procurement Policy Notes (PPN) relating to Social Value (PPN 01/21) and Human Rights (PPN 05/21) that will be included in any future Tender.
The Market Engagement Briefing Paper and Appendix 1 – Market Engagement Questionnaire are available on eTendersNI (https://etendersni.gov.uk) under Resource ID/CfT number: 5437322.
Please ensure you are registered with eTendersNI under Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) Code ‘85000000 Health and social work services’.
Your response to this Pre-Tender Market Engagement Paper must be completed in ‘Appendix 1 – Market Engagement Questionnaire’ and submitted as an attachment via the eTendersNI secure messaging area of the Resource ID/CfT number: 5437322. The deadline for submission is Monday 19th August 2024 at 15:00.
Any interest shown in the pre-tender market engagement does not constitute a commitment to participate in a procurement exercise. Failure to show interest does not restrict providers from participating in any future procurement exercise.
Changes in PHA advertising of funding opportunities
The PHA will no longer advertise funding opportunities in regional or local newspapers.
The PHA will advertise social care tender opportunities and grant funding awards on its website https://www.publichealth.hscni.net/funding-opportunities
Accessing Application Documentation
- Grant funding opportunities - providers will be able to access the appropriate application documentation directly from the PHA website.
- Social Care Procurements - providers will be directed to the procurement web portal eTendersNI, at https://eTendersNI.gov.uk Potential service providers should familiarise themselves with the eTendersNI portal and register as soon as possible. The ‘Suppliers new to eTendersNI’ section of the website provides guidance on registering and learning how to navigate the eTendersNI portal as well as selecting the tender you wish to bid for.
The link below provides detailed information on the preparation and submission of tenders through the online e-Tendering system. Please read this guide carefully before preparing a tender response.
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/downloadInfoItem.do?documentId=3051903
CPV codes - When providers first register on the portal there is an option to choose a Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) code(s) that they are interested in. We would advise you to select a broad range of CPV codes in the first instance and filter/refine at a later stage. The system will then notify you via email when tenders relating to your chosen CPV codes are advertised. However, it is still advisable to check the portal regularly for tender opportunities.
Note - The Public Contract Regulations set out the CPV codes which are relevant to Health and Social Care Services; the full list of CPV codes can be downloaded from https://simap.ted.europa.eu/cpv in an Excel form.