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title: "Pre-Market Engagement - Foodstuffs"
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# Pre-Market Engagement - Foodstuffs

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-foodstuffs-ocds-h6vhtk-02efbb). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** 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 catering.procure@eani.org.uk with the subject CAT-21-XXX - Pre-market engagement event no later than 12 noon on Monday 22nd November 2021.

## 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:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKN, UKN0
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02efbb`

## 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-engagement-foodstuffs-ocds-h6vhtk-02efbb#tl-md)

## 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.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKN

- **Description:** 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 ga...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026702-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-10-25T17:54:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-01T20:05:25.526Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02efbb