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*Pre-Market Engagement* for TRN-24-002 Transport of School Meals DPS

Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published value
£14,000,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published11
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: the Education Authority: "*Pre-Market Engagement* for TRN-24-002 Transport of School Meals DPS". Published status: planned. Published value: £14,000,000. 11 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting Authoritythe Education AuthorityScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planned
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£14,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: the Education Authority
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Published history for the Education Authority. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
8.7Bids / Report
5.6% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 278 active published awards; 90 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting Authoritythe Education Authority
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published7 Jun 2024, 16:19 BST
Last source update7 Jun 2024, 16:19 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationTransport services (excl. Waste transport)
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-046e73
What is being bought
The Education Authority wishes to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the procurement of services for the Transport of School Meals for EA Catering Services. The administering EA office for this tender will be the Armagh office. The Transport of School Meals services required includes the delivery of freshly cooked school meals from Production Kitchens to Serving Centres. These meals are cooked and sealed in Reiber Boxes or other food appropriate containers (held in standard crates), these meals are collected by the service provider in the sealed containers and transported to a Serving Centre. The Transport service also includes a return trip from the Serving Centre to a Production Kitchen to return items and food waste, again in sealed containers. At no point are operators required to directly handle food or food products. The DPS will operate until 30th June 2028 and all EA requirements for Delivery of School Meals services will be tendered through the system until that date. Contractors admitted to the DPS will remain on the DPS until the 30th June 2028. Admittance to the DPS does not guarantee the Award of any Individual Runs (Specific Contracts). Admittance to the DPS allows for participation in any Tenders for Individual Runs (Specific Contracts) within the relevant Lot. The Education Authority intends on hosting information sessions for prospective suppliers, and any interested parties should respond to this notice or email transport.procure@eani.org.uk to be kept updated on the events. Information sessions are scheduled in the locations listed below; Armagh - Tuesday 11th June Belfast - Tuesday 11th June Derry - Friday 14th June Ballymena - Tuesday 18th June
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £14,000,000
    7 Jun 2024, 16:19 BST
  2. Status changed to planned
    7 Jun 2024, 16:19 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    7 Jun 2024, 16:19 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    7 Jun 2024, 16:19 BST
Lots and requirements (11)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Antrim and Newtownabbey
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    TRN-24-002 Transport of School Meals.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #10
    Mid Ulster
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    TRN-24-002 Transport of School Meals
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #11
    Newry, Mourne and Down
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    TRN-24-002 Transport of School Meals
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 4 · #2
    Ards and North Down
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    TRN-24-002 Transport of School Meals
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 5 · #3
    Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    TRN-24-002 Transport of School Meals
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 6 · #4
    Belfast
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    TRN-24-002 Transport of School Meals
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 7 · #5
    Causeway Coast and Glens
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    TRN-24-002 Transport of School Meals
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 8 · #7
    Fermanagh and Omagh
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    TRN-24-002 Transport of School Meals
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 9 · #8
    Lisburn and Castlereagh
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    TRN-24-002 Transport of School Meals
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 10 · #9
    Mid and East Antrim
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    TRN-24-002 Transport of School Meals
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 11 · #Derry City and Strabane
    6
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    TRN-24-002 Transport of School Meals
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    7 Jun 2024, 16:19 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

the Education Authority

Contracting authority GB-FTS-84187
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