United Kingdom-Armagh: *Market Engagement* Supply of AdBlue® Exhaust Fluid

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2023/S 000-001915/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Education Authority NI
Postal address: 3 Charlemont Place
Town: Armagh
Postal code: BT61 9AX
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: transport.procureeani.org.uk
Email: transport.procure@eani.org.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:
Official name: Education Authority NI
Town: Armagh
Postal code: BT61 9AX
Country: United Kingdom
Email: transport.procure@eani.org.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

I.2) Joint Procurement:
The contract involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted:
electronically via:
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
Education

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: *Market Engagement* Supply of AdBlue® Exhaust Fluid
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 24960000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: ***This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority. ***The Education Authority wishes to engage with the market to understand market capacity for the Supply of AdBlue® Exhaust Fluid. Any information gathered through this market consultation exercise will inform internal business planning and any possible subsequent procurement process and will NOT be appraised in any future tender evaluation exercise. Please note that participation or non-participation in this preliminary market consultation exercise shall not prevent any supplier from participating in any potential procurement process, nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any supplier at an advantage or disadvantage in any forthcoming procurement process. For the avoidance of doubt, this is the scoping phase of the project and is not part of a formal procurement process. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from Cft documents. The Questionnaire must be completed and returned via the Messaging function of eTendersNI.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 300000.00 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
09100000, 24951200, 24950000, 24957000, 24960000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
***This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority. ***The Education Authority wishes to engage with the market to understand market capacity for the Supply of AdBlue® Exhaust Fluid. Any information gathered through this market consultation exercise will inform internal business planning and any possible subsequent procurement process and will NOT be appraised in any future tender evaluation exercise. Please note that participation or non-participation in this preliminary market consultation exercise shall not prevent any supplier from participating in any potential procurement process, nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any supplier at an advantage or disadvantage in any forthcoming procurement process. For the avoidance of doubt, this is the scoping phase of the project and is not part of a formal procurement process. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from Cft documents. The Questionnaire must be completed and returned via the Messaging function of eTendersNI.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 300000.00 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in days: 90
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no
II.2.14) Additional information: Market Engagement

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Open procedureIV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 2023-01-30 Local time: 15:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tender must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:2023-04-30
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 2023-01-30 Local time: 15:30

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: EANI
Town: Armagh
Country: United Kingdom
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2023-01-20