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CfT: ANDBC Preliminary Market Engagement for City/Town Centre Market Provision

Buyer Organisation:
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Title:
ANDBC Preliminary Market Engagement for City/Town Centre Market Provision
CfT CA Unique ID:
AND-396
Evaluation Mechanism:
MAT
Description:
***This is not a tender exercise*** Ards and North Down Borough Council (the Council) is preparing to undertake a transparent and informed preliminary market engagement exercise to seek feedback and insight from experienced suppliers to help shape the future of our market provision in Newtownards and Bangor. This market engagement will take the form of a supplier questionnaire. Responses will help the Council gain a clearer understanding of the capability, innovation and delivery models available in the marketplace and will inform the development of future procurement documentation. The information provided in the completed questionnaire will NOT be appraised in any future tender evaluation exercise. Please note that participation or non-participation in this preliminary market engagement 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 (PME) questionnaire. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from the CfT documents area. The questionnaire must be completed and returned via the Messaging function of eTendersNI, or by email to procurement@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk in accordance with the instructions detailed in the PME Questionnaire document. There are no formal tender documents to be completed other than the questionnaire. **PLEASE NOTE: ALL COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA THE MESSAGING FUNCTION ON ETENDERSNI, OR BY EMAIL TO PROCUREMENT@ARDSANDNORTHDOWN.GOV.UK before 12noon on THURSDAY 18 JUNE 2026**
Services, Works, Goods:
Services
CPC Category:
Other services
Directive:
UK
Procedure:
Open/Competitive Flexible
CfT Involves:
A Public Contract
First Cycle:
Public
Tender Structure Envelope Type:
Qualification
Special Regime Contract:
No
CPV Codes:
55900000-Retail trade services
75200000-Provision of services to the community
79420000-Management-related services
Contact Point:
procurement@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk
Award per Item:
No
NUTS codes:
UKN09
Above or Below Threshold:
Below
Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
18/06/2026 12:00
End of clarification period:
15/06/2026 12:00
Upload of documents within the clarifications:
Yes
Tenders Opening Date:
18/06/2026 12:30
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:
1 months
Validity of Tender in days or months:
6 months
Date of Publication/Invitation:
21/05/2026 14:21