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# Preliminary Market Consultation Document - Collection, Transport and Delivery of School Meals and Associated Items

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-consultation-document-collection-transport-and-delivery-of-school-meals-ocds-h6vhtk-02adf9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Education Authority NI: "Preliminary Market Consultation Document - Collection, Transport and Delivery of School Meals and Associated Items". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## 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:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Catering services, Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver, Meal delivery service, Meals-on-wheels services, Taxi services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02adf9`

## 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/preliminary-market-consultation-document-collection-transport-and-delivery-of-school-meals-ocds-h6vhtk-02adf9#tl-md)

## Description
This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority.
The purpose of this market consultation exercise is to gain an understanding of the market in terms of logistics and technical capability of meeting the delivery timescale requirement of 01 September 2021. The information provided by suppliers will assist the Education Authority (EA) in ensuring that the most efficient and effective methods for the Collection, Transport and Delivery of School Meals and Associated Items are undertaken and included in any forthcoming procurement exercise. 
Any information gathered through this market consultation exercise will inform internal business planning and any possible subsequent procurement process and will NOT be appraised in any future procurement exercise. Please note that participation or non-participation in this preliminary market consultation exercise shall not prevent any supplier participating in any potential procurement process, nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any supplier at an advantage or disadvantage in any forthcoming procurement process. For the avoidance of doubt, this is the scoping phase of the project and is not part of a formal procurement process

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 55520000, 55521100, 55521200, 60120000, 60180000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Description:** As detailed in the Questionnaire attached to the CFT 3536366.
Closing date and time for the return of completed questionnaires is 3pm on Thursday 13th May 2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F009864-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-05-06T14:15:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T18:05:40.240Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02adf9