Find a TenderPast planning notice
Published 25 Oct 2021, 18:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Pre-Market Engagement - Foodstuffs

Official notice

Authority: Education Authority NI (Education)

Goods
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 28 Feb 2022from the planned procurement notice
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

The Education Authority seeks to establish frameworks for the supply and delivery of foodstuffs to school kitchens located throughout Northern Ireland and will procure these frameworks early in 2022. As part of the preparation activities, the Education Authority are holding a pre-market engagement event intended to investigate and understand supply market capabilities to inform the development of specifications and tender documentation. Should you wish to participate you must email [email protected] with the subject CAT-21-XXX - Pre-market engagement event no later than 12 noon on Monday 22nd November 2021.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Education Authority seeks to establish frameworks for the supply and delivery of foodstuffs to school kitchens located throughout Northern Ireland and will procure these frameworks early in 2022.

As part of the preparation activities, the Education Authority are holding a pre-market engagement event intended to investigate and understand supply market capabilities to inform the development of specifications and tender documentation.

The event will be a virtual session and is open to all interested suppliers.

CPV: Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1No final decision has been made yet on the composition of these frameworks and it is…Planned

No final decision has been made yet on the composition of these frameworks and it is the intention of the Education Authority to hold a pre-market engagement event on Thursday 25th November 2021 via MS Teams or Zoom to discuss our requirements and gain feedback, via a questionnaire issued to interested suppliers.

Should you wish to participate you must email [email protected] with the subject CAT-21-XXX - Pre-market engagement event no later than 12 noon on Monday 22nd November 2021.

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 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. Additional information: The date relating to the publication of the contract notices are tentative and may be subject to change. All future tender documentation will be made available via etendersni.gov.uk ↗ and potential tenderers should register on this website to ensure they have access to tender documentation when the tender opportunities are published..

Delivery: UK, Northern Ireland

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
25 Oct 2021, 18:54 BST
Last source update
25 Oct 2021, 18:54 BST
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-026702
Classification (CPV)
Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
Delivery area
UKNorthern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

25 Oct 2021 → 28 Feb 2022 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    25 Oct 2021, 18:54 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    28 Feb 2022

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 NI

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 3 Charlemont Place, The Mall, ARMAGH, UKContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.