Pre Market Engagement Questionnaire for Metal Work Materials- Framework Agreement

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE FOR METAL WORK MATERIALS- FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
2. Awarding Authority: The Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI), GB Email: educationresource.procure@eani.org.uk.
3. Contract type: Supply contract
Open
4. Description: This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority
The Awarding Authority wishes to engage with the market to seek their views on establishing a robust, value for money Framework for the supply and delivery of Metal Work Materials for Technology and Design suites to individual education establishments across Northern Ireland for the period from 1 October 2024 until 30 September 2026 with options to extend for 2 further 12 month periods. 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. Suppliers who wish to participate in the market engagement exercise should complete the pre-market engagement questionnaire. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from Cft documents. The Questionnaire must be completed and returned via the Messaging function of eTendersNI by no later than ***3pm on the 19th April 2024 (deadline)***. There are no formal tender documents to be completed other than the questionnaire.
5. CPV Code(s): 14600000, 14610000, 14700000, 14710000, 14721000, 14622000, 44500000, 14715000
6. NUTS code(s): UKN, UKN0, UKN06
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland, Belfast.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: EANI-4209
EDR-24-003
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 19.4.2024 (15:00:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information on the above contract please visit Web:
12. Other information: Evaluation Mechanism: Price/Cost Effectiveness
Procurement Type: Supplies
Directive: 2014/24/EU (Classic)
CfT Involves: The establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement Timeframe: N/A
Contact Point: educationresource.procure@eani.org.uk
Award per Item: No
Inclusion of e-Auctions: No
Above or Below OJEU Threshold: Below
End of clarification period: 15/04/2024 15:00
Upload of documents within the clarifications: Yes
Tenders Opening Date: 19/04/2024 15:30
Allow suppliers to make an online Expression Of Interest: Yes
Contract awarded in Lots: No
EU funding: No
Multiple tenders will be accepted: No
Contract duration in months or years, excluding extensions: 24 months
VALIDITY OF TENDER IN DAYS OR MONTHS: 90 days
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