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Published 17 Oct 2025, 11:51 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Appointment of Integrated Consultants Team for Slemish College, Ballymena

Official notice

Authority: the Education Authority (Central government)

ServicesBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£3,200,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 24 Nov 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 9 yrsends 25 May 2035 · starts 25 May 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This aim of this project is to provide Slemish College with a new start of the art teaching environment. The project will also incorporate several outdoor recreation provisions, including Tennis Courts, synthetic/ grass Sports Pitches, hard/grass play, parking, transport requirements, delivery and maintenance will also form part of the overall scope

CPV: Architectural and related services · Architectural design services · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Construction project management services · Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings · Quantity surveying services · Structural engineering consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
17 Oct 2025, 11:51 BST
Last source update
17 Oct 2025, 11:51 BST
Authority reference
MA16-00000084
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066253
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Architectural and related servicesArchitectural design servicesArchitectural, construction, engineering and inspection servicesConstruction project management servicesEngineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildingsQuantity surveying servicesStructural engineering consultancy services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ceb1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

17 Oct 2025 → 25 May 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published377 days ago
    17 Oct 2025, 11:51 BST
  2. Market engagement364 days ago
    29 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT

    The Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI), in preparation for the procurement

    process for the Appointment of an Integrated Consultant Team for Slemish College, Ballymena have prepared a Pre-Market Engagement Briefing Document to provide suppliers with pre-tender information regarding the forthcoming project. This document may be downloaded from the CfT documents section of CfT CA Unique ID EANI-4977 via eTendersNI.

    Suppliers, as part of the Pre-Market Engagement process, also have the opportunity to

    submit queries regarding the project. This should be done via the messaging service in

    the above CfT on eTendersNI no later than 5pm on Wednesday 29th October 2025. A

    response to these queries shall be forwarded shortly after this date.

    Please note that participation or non-participation in this Pre-Market Engagement shall not

    prevent any supplier from participating in any potential procurement process. In addition,

    for the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the process is not part of a formal procurement

    process.

  3. Tender notice expected338 days ago
    24 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts157 days ago
    25 May 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    17 Oct 2025, 11:51 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Education Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PPHJ-6982-JPXY 40 Academy Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 2NQContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure