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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT FOR UNIFORMS, PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT – FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
2. Awarding Authority: Education Authority NI, GB Email: business.procure@eani.org.uk. Web:
3. Contract type: Supply contract
Open
4. Description: This is not a tender exercise by the awarding authority. Interested participants should complete the questionnaire provided in the CfT documents and return via the eTendersNI messaging function by 14 December 2020. The Education Authority (EA) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to award a contract for Uniforms, Protective Clothing and Protective Equipment. EANI wishes to engage with the market at this stage to ensure 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 Monday 14 December 2020. 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.
5. CPV Code(s): 18100000, 18000000, 35113400, 35113000
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: CFT CA UNIQUE ID: EANI-2491
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 14.12.2020 (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: Best Price-Quality Ratio
PROCUREMENT TYPE: Supplies
DIRECTIVE: 2014/24/EU (Classic)
PROCEDURE: Open
CFT INVOLVES: The establishment of a framework agreement
FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT TIMEFRAME: N/A
AWARD PER ITEM: No
INCLUSION OF E-AUCTIONS: No
ABOVE OR BELOW OJEU THRESHOLD: Below
END OF CLARIFICATION PERIOD: 11/12/2020 15:00
UPLOAD OF DOCUMENTS WITHIN THE CLARIFICATIONS: Yes
TENDERS OPENING DATE: 14/12/2020 15:30
ALLOW SUPPLIERS TO MAKE AN ONLINE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: Yes
CONTRACT AWARDED IN LOTS: No
EU FUNDING: Yes
MULTIPLE TENDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED: No
CONTRACT DURATION IN MONTHS OR YEARS, EXCLUDING EXTENSIONS: 48 months
VALIDITY OF TENDER IN DAYS OR MONTHS: 90 days
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