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CfT: PRE-MARKET ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE (PME) for Specialist Furniture and Equipment for Pupils with Special Educational Needs
- Tender submission deadline in (days/hours):
- 12/18
- Buyer Organisation:
- the Education Authority
- Title:
- PRE-MARKET ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE (PME) for Specialist Furniture and Equipment for Pupils with Special Educational Needs
- CfT CA Unique ID:
- EANI-5370
- Evaluation Mechanism:
- MAT
- Description:
- ***This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority*** The Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) wishes to engage with the market to seek their views on establishing a robust, value for money contract for the provision of Specialist Furniture and Equipment for Pupils with Special Educational Needs. 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 PME Document signed and returned via the Messaging function of eTendersNI by no later than 3pm on Tuesday 1st September 2026 (deadline) in accordance with the instructions detailed in the PME Questionnaire" document. There are no formal tender documents to be completed other than the questionnaire.
- Services, Works, Goods:
- Goods
- Directive:
- UK
- Procedure:
- Open/Competitive Flexible
- CfT Involves:
- The establishment of a framework agreement
- Framework Agreement Type:
- Closed Type Framework Agreement
- Tender Structure Envelope Type:
- Technical
- Framework agreement Timeframe:
- N/A
- Special Regime Contract:
- No
- CPV Codes:
- 39160000-School furniture
33192300-Medical furniture except beds and tables
33192000-Medical furniture
33196000-Medical aids
39121100-Desks
42416300-Hoists
33693000-Other therapeutic products
33185000-Hearing aids
31620000-Sound or visual signalling apparatus
39541220-Slings
39151000-Miscellaneous furniture
39151300-Modular furniture
33185100-Parts and accessories for hearing aids - Contact Point:
- educationresource.procure@eani.org.uk
- Award per Item:
- No
- NUTS codes:
- UKN
- Estimated value (GBP):
- 0
- Above or Below Threshold:
- Below
- Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
- 01/09/2026 15:00
- End of clarification period:
- 01/09/2026 15:00
- Upload of documents within the clarifications:
- Yes
- Tenders Opening Date:
- 01/09/2026 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:
- 4 years
- Validity of Tender in days or months:
- 90 days
- Date of Publication/Invitation:
- 13/08/2026 15:23