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    "description": "All correspondence or queries in relation to this Early Market Engagement Scoping should be communicated via email account as indicated. This PIN is live from publication up to 3.00 pm on 22 October 2025. Providers are reminded this is not a Call for Tender and this notice has been placed for capacity scoping purposes only.",
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        "description": "This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) by way of an Early Market Engagement scoping for the NHSCT to ascertain current capacity and potential future capacity in the market for the provision of a Learning Disability Supported Living Accommodation for a Service User with complex behaviors in any area across Northern Ireland.",
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