Provision of Vehicle Bodywork and Accident Repair Services

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                "description": "Details of the Pre Market Engagement Questionaire can be found in the CfT documents of Pre- Market Engagement Exercise for Vehicle Bodywork and Accident Repair Services. Any Interested suppliers should complete the questionnaire and submit by 3pm on Tuesday 27 January 2026. Please contact us via the etendersNI messaging function should you have any questions, ensuring you have completed the declaration found at the bottom of the questionarie prior to reaching out.",
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        "description": "The EA wishes to appoint suppliers to this Framework for the Provision of Vehicle Bodywork and Accident Repair Services for the Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western EA Fleet areas on a call off as required basis. EA is not obliged to procure services exclusively from this Framework Agreement and is free to use their own in-house service if applicable. The Framework will include a range of makes/models and size of vehicle to be repaired after an accident to meet all statutory vehicle compliance and construction requirements to a quality assured standard within a reasonable timeframe. The framework will be split into 4 lots, details of which are provided within document TRN-25-013 Annex 02 Specification of Requirements. For the duration of the Framework the Suppliers appointed to each lot must have the capacity to provide all vehicle bodywork and accident repair to each area, and if required collection and or delivery of vehicles to specified depots.",
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