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title: "**Pre-Market Consultation** Exercise for Mobile Voice and Data Services for The Education Authority (Northern Ireland)."
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-consultation-exercise-for-mobile-voice-and-data-services-for-the-education-auth-ocds-h6vhtk-039a7c"
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# **Pre-Market Consultation** Exercise for Mobile Voice and Data Services for The Education Authority (Northern Ireland).

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-consultation-exercise-for-mobile-voice-and-data-services-for-the-education-auth-ocds-h6vhtk-039a7c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Education Authority NI: "**Pre-Market Consultation** Exercise for Mobile Voice and Data Services for The Education Authority (Northern Ireland).". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Education Authority NI](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/education-authority-ni-GB-FTS-1727)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Telecommunications services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-039a7c`

## 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/pre-market-consultation-exercise-for-mobile-voice-and-data-services-for-the-education-auth-ocds-h6vhtk-039a7c#tl-md)

## Description
** 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 Mobile Voice and Data Services 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 Thursday 16th February 2023.
There are no formal tender documents to be completed other than the questionnaire.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Description:** ** 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 Mobile Voice and Data Services as well as as...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002283-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-01-25T12:19:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T22:27:35.857Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-039a7c