--- title: "Pre-Market Questionnaire for the Supply and Delivery of Feminine Hygiene Products for the Education Authority" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0296ca" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0296ca" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0296ca.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0296ca.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "EDUCATION AUTHORITY NI" published: "2021-02-26" --- # Pre-Market Questionnaire for the Supply and Delivery of Feminine Hygiene Products for the Education Authority Buyer: EDUCATION AUTHORITY NI Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0296ca [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0296ca) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0296ca.json) ## Summary The Education Authority NI is planning a procurement process for the supply and delivery of feminine hygiene products, with an estimated value of approximately £2,000,000. This process is in the planning stage and is aimed at gathering market insights to establish a flexible framework for a potential contract. The procurement will cover various educational bodies throughout Northern Ireland, including primary and post-primary schools, further and higher education colleges, and independent schools. Interested parties should note that the engagement exercise is set to commence on 27th February 2021, with no formal tender documents published yet. This opportunity offers significant potential for businesses involved in the supply of personal care and hygiene products, especially those with experience in the education sector. Companies that can provide value-for-money solutions and flexible delivery options will be particularly well-suited to compete for this contract. Engaging in this preliminary market consultation may give businesses insight into the needs of educational institutions, enabling them to tailor their proposals for the upcoming procurement process. ## Notice This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority. The Education Authority wishes to engage with the market to seek their views on establishing a flexible, value for money framework with a supplier for the supply and delivery of Feminine Hygiene Products to various locations throughout Northern Ireland. The framework and associated call of contracts may be used by NI educational bodies including: Primary and Post Primary schools under the control of the Client, Catholic Maintained Schools, Irish Medium Schools in NI, both Controlled and Grant Controlled Integrated Education Schools, Voluntary Grammar Schools and Independent Schools. Further/Higher Education Colleges are currently considering their requirements for Feminine Hygiene Products and may wish to be a named participant on this framework. At time of publishing this market engagement exercise the Authority does not have visibility on Further/Higher Education Colleges associated budget for these products. However, details will be provided at the point the Authority publishes the final tender documents. The estimate value of the framework is circa, PS2,000,000 at this point of time, however the final framework value may increase. The engagement exercise is to establish the level of market interest and alert the market to the potential procurement competition. 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 tender evaluation 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. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Supply and Delivery of Feminine Hygiene Products to various locations throughout the Education Authority. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003938-2021 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 26 Feb 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 27 Feb 2021 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | EDUCATION AUTHORITY NI | | Locality | BALLYMENA | | Post town | Northern Ireland | | Postcode | BT42 2HS | | Country | Northern Ireland | | ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland | | ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland | | ITL 3 | TLN0F Mid and East Antrim | | Local authority | Mid and East Antrim | | Electoral ward | Ballee and Harryville | | Westminster constituency | North Antrim | | Delivery location | TLN Northern Ireland | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 33700000 - Personal care products - 33771100 - Sanitary towels or tampons - 85142300 - Hygiene services ## Release History - 26 Feb 2021 at 16:24 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003938-2021 ## Notice URLs - https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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