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title: "Pre-Market Engagement FW116 Business Support"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-fw116-business-support-ocds-h6vhtk-04503b"
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# Pre-Market Engagement FW116 Business Support

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-fw116-business-support-ocds-h6vhtk-04503b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ulsterbus: "Pre-Market Engagement FW116 Business Support". Published status: active. Planned Pipeline Value: £0. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Apr 2024, 15:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Ulsterbus](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ulsterbus-GB-FTS-73582)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 April 2024 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business and management consultancy and related services, Miscellaneous business and business-related services, Office-support services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04503b`

## 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-fw116-business-support-ocds-h6vhtk-04503b#tl-md)

## Description
NOTE THIS CFT IS NOT A CALL FOR TENDER. PLEASE ENSURE YOU DOWNLOAD AND READ THE PRE TENDER MARKET ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONNARE AND COVER LETTER WHICH IS AVAILABLE FROM THE "CFT DOCUMENTS" AREA OF THE CFT. YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS PRE TENDER MARKET ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE MUST BE SUBMITTED AS AN ATTACHMENT VIA THE eTendersNI SECURE MESSAGING AREA OF THE Cft. THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES IS 15.00 22nd April 2024. Please note: the procedure selected for this Pre-Market Engagement is not indicative of the procurement procedure to follow.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79500000, 79900000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £1
- **Description:** NOTE THIS CFT IS NOT A CALL FOR TENDER. PLEASE ENSURE YOU DOWNLOAD AND READ THE PRE TENDER MARKET ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONNARE AND COVER LETTER WHICH IS AVAILABLE FROM THE "CFT DOCUMENTS" AREA OF THE CFT. YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS PRE TENDER MARKET ENGAGEMENT...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011216-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-04-08T08:37:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T17:59:24.072Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04503b