**Pre-Market Consultation** Exercise For IP Telephony And Unified Communications Solutions For The Education Authority

** This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority** The purpose of this pre-market consultation exercise is to gain an understanding of the latest developments and innovations in the provision of IP Telephony and Unified Communications (UC) Solution(s) as well as assisting the Education Authority (EA) to ensure that the most efficient and effective methods of providing such solutions are procured. At this stage, any information gathered through this pre-market consultation exercise will inform internal business planning and any possible subsequent procurement process. It will NOT be appraised in any future tender evaluation exercise. Please note that participation or non-participation in this pre-market consultation exercise shall not prevent any provider participating in any future potential procurement process, nor is it intended that information supplied shall place any provider 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. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from CfT Documents. The questionnaire must be completed and returned via the Messaging function by 12.00pm on Tuesday 10th January 2023. There are no formal tender documents to be completed other than the questionnaire. Additional information: The date relating to the publication of the contract notice is tentative and may be subject to change. All. future tender documentation will. be made available via https://etendersni.gov.uk and potential tenderers should register on this website. to ensure they have access to. tender documentation when the tender is published