S1140 (2026) PROVISION OF LARGE PLANT HIRE AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES

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  "date": "2026-02-20T10:22:45Z",
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    "name": "Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited"
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        "description": "Interested parties should submit clarification questions via the messaging function within PQQ_4681 S1140 (2027) Provision of Large Plant Hire and Associated Services  - Pre-Market Engagement on eSourcingNI by 5.00pm on Friday 3rd October 2025. \nAll clarifications or queries relating to the MSQ must be submitted via the eSourcingNI portal as a secure message. Clarification requests may be answered in batches rather than one at a time. \nEach response to a request for clarification may be issued as a broadcast message, suitably anonymised, to all interested parties via eSourcingNI. It shall be the interested parties’ responsibility to monitor clarification responses. \nIf an interested party raises a clarification which it considers is confidential in nature, this must be stated within the request. In all circumstances, NIE Networks reserves the right to issue clarification responses to all interested parties at any stage when it believes, at its sole discretion, the clarification should be issued to all interested parties. \nWhere any additions or amendments are made to the MSQ documents, these will be issued to all interested parties via eSourcingNI in the form of an addendum. Responses to clarification requests issued by NIE Networks shall be deemed to form part of the documents and must be treated as such by the interested party.\nAny queries or correspondence during the process must not be directed to any NIE Networks employees or any other address rather than the method outlined above. Any violation of this instruction by the Bidder may render their MSQ Response invalid.\nNo oral conversations or agreements with any representatives of NIE Networks shall affect or modify any terms of this document and/or the MSQ or any submitted response. Any oral communication between NIE Networks and the Bidder shall not be binding on NIE Networks, unless the communication is subsequently issued as a broadcast clarification message in response to a clarification requested submitted via eSourcingNI. \nMSQ Responses must be submitted in accordance with the following conditions:\n•\teSourcingNI is NIE Networks’ chosen electronic tendering portal for the Procurement.\n•\tShould you have any queries, or if you are having any problems registering on the portal, please contact the Bravo Solution dedicated helpdesk by calling 0800 368 4850 (UK) or 00442033496601 (outside UK).\n•\tThe MSQ Response must be completed as directed and returned via the eSourcingNI portal. MSQ Responses received after the submission deadline will not be considered     \n•\tPhoned, faxed or emailed MSQ Responses will not be accepted.\n•\tThe MSQ Response can be uploaded anytime until the submission deadline within this document.  \n•\tWhen uploading your response, please be aware that the speed of your internet connection, your system configuration and general web traffic, may impact on the time required to complete the transaction.  Uploading of MSQ Responses must be completed by the final submission time.\n•\tNIE Networks cannot accept responsibility for transmission delays.  It is the responsibility of the Bidder to ensure that its MSQ Response has been submitted in the prescribed manner and in accordance with the specified deadline.\n•\tWhen uploading your MSQ Response please ensure that:\no\tYou have checked that your whole MSQ Response has been uploaded correctly, including supporting attachments;\no\tOnce uploaded and saved, a final check of the MSQ Response is carried out to ensure the document/s uploaded contain ALL the answers.\nPlease consider this document in detail and if you feel that your organisation is able to contribute to this PME exercise, please complete the MSQ and return by the deadline specified below. \nMSQ responses should be submitted by 5:00pm on Tuesday 7th October 2025."
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