Find a TenderPast planning notice
Published 21 Oct 2022, 08:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CAT-22-010, Commercial Catering, Cooking and Holding Equipment *Pre-Market Engagement*

Official notice

Authority: Education Authority (Education)

Goods
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Feb 2023from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Education Authority wishes to establish a framework for the supply and delivery of Commercial Catering, Cooking and Holding Equipment to Educational Establishments across Northern Ireland. It is anticipated this tender will be issued in the first quarter of 2023.

As part of the preparation activities the Education Authority are holding a pre-market engagement event with interested suppliers to investigate and understand market capabilities and gain knowledge to inform the development of specifications and tender documentation. The exercise will also provide procurement awareness for suppliers regarding the EA’s requirements for the purchase of these products.

CPV: Industrial kitchen equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Education Authority wishes to establish a framework for the supply and delivery of…Planned

The Education Authority wishes to establish a framework for the supply and delivery of Commercial Catering, Cooking and Holding Equipment to Educational Establishments across Northern Ireland. Additional information: The estimated date of publication at II.3 is subject to change

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
21 Oct 2022, 08:56 BST
Last source update
21 Oct 2022, 08:56 BST
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-029683
Classification (CPV)
Industrial kitchen equipment
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0377a3 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The Education Authority wishes to establish a framework for the supply and delivery of Commercial Catering, Cooking and Holding Equipment to Educational Establishments across Northern Ireland. It is anticipated this tender will be issued in the first quarter of 2023. As part of the preparation activities the Education Authority are holding a pre-market engagement event with interested suppliers to investigate and understand market capabilities and gain knowledge to inform the development of specifications and tender documentation. The exercise will also provide procurement awareness for suppliers regarding the EA’s requirements for the purchase of these products. The event will be a virtual session and is open to all interested suppliers. No final decision has been made yet on the composition of this framework and it is the intention of the Education Authority to hold pre-market engagement on 30 November 2022 in Armagh to discuss our requirements and gain feedback from interested suppliers. Should you wish to participate you must email [email protected] with the subject CAT-22-010, Cooking and Holding - Pre-market engagement event no later than 12 noon on 16 November 2022. Your email should include the names of the representatives wishing to attend, the name of your organisation and a summary of the products your organisation is interested in supplying. Future tender documentation will be made available via the http://etendersni.gov.uk website and interested suppliers should register, if not already registered, on this website to ensure they have access to tender documentation when any invitation to tenders are published. This pre-market engagement event is for information purposes only. Any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in a procurement exercise. Failure to show interest does not restrict suppliers from participating in any future procurement exercise.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login required
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
—
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

21 Oct 2022 → 1 Feb 2023 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    21 Oct 2022, 08:56 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    1 Feb 2023

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 authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 3 Charlemont Place, The Mall, Armagh, UK, BT61 9AXContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation proceduresReview body Armagh

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.