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# ANDBC Preliminary Market Engagement for City/Town Centre Market Provision

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/andbc-preliminary-market-engagement-for-city-town-centre-market-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-069f6e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ards and North Down Borough Council: "ANDBC Preliminary Market Engagement for City/Town Centre Market Provision". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £1. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Ards and North Down Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ards-and-north-down-borough-council-ons-n09000011)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £1 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Management-related services, Provision of services to the community, Retail trade services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/andbc-preliminary-market-engagement-for-city-town-centre-market-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-069f6e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-069f6e`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/andbc-preliminary-market-engagement-for-city-town-centre-market-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-069f6e#tl-md)

## Description
Ards and North Down Borough 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 https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home (Resource ID 6507980). The questionnaire must be completed and returned via the Messaging function of the CfT 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 55900000, 75200000, 79420000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2027 to 31/03/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F047190-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-21T13:50:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T14:54:34.391Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-069f6e