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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: PRE-MARKET ENGAGEMENT FIRST AID SUPPLIES – SHORT DEADLINE
2. Awarding Authority: The Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI), GB Email: business.procure@eani.org.uk. Web:
3. Contract type: Supply contract
Open/Competitive Flexible
4. Description: This is not a tender exercise The Awarding Authority would like to invite participation in a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to seek the views of the market for the provision of a First Aid Supplies. The purpose of this PME exercise is for EANI to gain an understanding of the latest developments and innovative solutions available and will be used to assist EANI in gaining a better understanding of the feasibility of the requirements, the most appropriate procurement and operational approach, the capacity of the market to deliver the requirements and an opportunity for the market to highlight any possible risks or issues. This PME exercise also seeks to identify indicative costs to help inform the business case on the commercial aspects for the delivery and implementation of solution(s). For the avoidance of doubt, this is the scoping phase of the project and is not part of any formal procurement process and there is no commitment at this stage to carry out such a process. Any information gathered will not be considered in any future tender exercise. Please note that participation or non-participation in this PME exercise shall not prevent any supplier from participating in any future procurement process, nor is it intended that any information provided shall place any supplier at an advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement exercise. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from the documents section of the CfT on eTendersNI. Suppliers who wish to participate in the PME exercise must return the completed questionnaire via the messaging function of the CfT on eTendersNI no later than 15:00 on Wednesday 3rd December 2025.
5. CPV Code(s): 33000000, 33140000, 33141623
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-5021
BSP-25-015
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 3.12.2025 (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: MAT
Services, Works, Goods: Goods
Directive: UK
CfT Involves: A Public Contract
First Cycle: Public
Tender Structure Envelope Type: Qualification
Special Regime Contract: No
Award per Item: No
Above or Below Threshold: Above
End of clarification period: 03/12/2025 15:00
Upload of documents within the clarifications: Yes
Tenders Opening Date: 03/12/2025 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: 72 months
Validity of Tender in days or months: 90 days
TKR-20251121-EX-1860961