Official UK procurement notice
***Pre-Market Engagement*** ICT-26-002 Tachograph Analysis and Support
Authority: The Education Authority (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement description***This is not a tender exercise*** The Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) would
like to invite participation in a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to seek the
views of the market for the provision of a Tachograph Analysis and Support. The primary
purpose of this preliminary market engagement exercise (“Exercise”) is for the Education
Authority (EA) to explain, and seek supplier views and feedback on, potential approaches
for Tachograph Analysis and Support. This PME exercise also seeks to identify indicative
costs to help inform the business case on the commercial aspects for the delivery and
implementation of solution. For the avoidance of doubt, this is the scoping phase of the
project and is not part of any formal procurement process and there is no commitment at
this stage to carry out such a process. Any information gathered will not be considered in
any future tender exercise. Please note that participation or non-participation in this PME
exercise shall not prevent any supplier from participating in any future procurement
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process, nor is it intended that any information provided shall place any supplier at an
advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement exercise. Further information
including the questionnaire can be downloaded from the documents section of the CfT on
eTendersNI. Interested suppliers are asked to complete and return the questionnaire.
CPV: Road transport services · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£360,000
- Economic & financial standing
N/A
- Technical & professional ability
N/A
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- To be confirmed
- Economic & financial standing
N/A
- Technical & professional ability
N/A
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Aug 2026, 14:17 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Aug 2026, 14:44 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
ICT-26-002- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-073243- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06da10Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
To be confirmed
- Risks
To be confirmed
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from the documents
section of the CfT on eTendersNI (ref 6642628). Interested suppliers are asked to
complete and return
the questionnaire. ***NB*** The closing date and time for return of questionnaire is 17 August 2026 at 15:00.
Timeline
3 Aug 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published82 days ago3 Aug 2026, 14:17 BST
- Tender notice published82 days ago3 Aug 2026, 14:44 BST
- Clarification questions by71 days ago14 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Market engagement68 days ago17 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from the documents
section of the CfT on eTendersNI (ref 6642628). Interested suppliers are asked to
complete and return
the questionnaire
- Next notice expected47 days ago7 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline24 days ago30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by23 days ago1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 7 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Aug 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published3 Aug 2026, 14:17 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published3 Aug 2026, 14:44 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active3 Aug 2026, 14:44 BST
- Procurement method changed3 Aug 2026, 14:44 BST
- Deadline published: 30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST3 Aug 2026, 14:44 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender