Official UK procurement notice
***Pre-Market Engagement*** ICT-26-005 - Fixed Asset Management System
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 Finance Fixed Asset Register. 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 Finance Fixed Asset Register System. 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 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.
- How the procedure runs: N/A
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software programming and consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£750,000
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).
- N/A
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible 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
- 26 Jun 2026, 13:17 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Jun 2026, 13:29 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 4 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
ICT-26-005- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060336- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06be30Find a Tender
- How it runs
N/A
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 17 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline
- 17 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Jul 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
Timeline
26 Jun 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published124 days ago26 Jun 2026, 13:17 BST
- Tender notice published124 days ago26 Jun 2026, 13:29 BST
- Clarification questions by103 days ago16 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline102 days ago17 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Market engagement102 days ago17 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
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.
- Next notice expected26 days ago1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 68 days4 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 154 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Jun 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 Jun 2026, 13:17 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published26 Jun 2026, 13:29 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active26 Jun 2026, 13:29 BST
- Procurement method changed26 Jun 2026, 13:29 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