United Kingdom-Belfast: Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire for Small Value Technology and Design items

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2022/S 000-019801/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Not applicable
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Prior information notice without call for competition
Supplies

This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Education Authority NI
Postal address: 40 Academy Street
Town: Belfast
Postal code: BT1 2NQ
Country: United Kingdom
Email: educationresource.procure@eani.org.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement:
II.1.1) Title: Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire for Small Value Technology and Design items
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 42650000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
** This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority**. Interested participants should complete the questionnaire provided in the CfT documents and return via the eTendersNI messaging function. Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to award a Framework Agreement for small value technology and design items for educational establishments across Northern Ireland. EANI wishes to engage with the market at this stage to establish the level of market interest and to gather information that will be beneficial in the retendering 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 no later than 3pm on Friday 12th August 2022. There are no formal tender documents to be completed other than the questionnaire. Any information gathered will NOT be considered in any future tender evaluation exercise. Participation or non-participation in this pre-procurement market engagement shall not prevent any supplier/provider participating in a potential procurement process nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any supplier/provider at an advantage in any forthcoming procurement process. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and there is no commitment, at this stage to carrying out such a process
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 1250000.00 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)
Main CPV code: 42651000
Main CPV code: 44511000
Main CPV code: 44512000
Main CPV code: 43830000
Main CPV code: 31711100
Main CPV code: 31600000
Main CPV code: 42710000
Main CPV code: 42962000
Main CPV code: 44322200
Main CPV code: 31400000
Main CPV code: 31212200

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Education Authority Northern Ireland is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to award
a framework for Small Value Technology and Design items for educational establishments across Northern Ireland. EANI wishes to engage with the market at this stage to establish the level of market interest and to gather information that will be beneficial in the tendering process.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:2022-09-30
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2022-07-20