--- title: "PRELIMINARY MARKET CONSULTATION QUESTIONNAIRE - Collection, Transport and Delivery of School Meals and Associated Items" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02ae07" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-02ae07" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02ae07.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02ae07.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "EDUCATION AUTHORITY NI" published: "2021-05-06" --- # PRELIMINARY MARKET CONSULTATION QUESTIONNAIRE - Collection, Transport and Delivery of School Meals and Associated Items Buyer: EDUCATION AUTHORITY NI Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02ae07 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-02ae07) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02ae07.json) ## Summary The Education Authority NI is currently engaged in a preliminary market consultation exercise titled "Collection, Transport and Delivery of School Meals and Associated Items". This initiative, categorised under the meal delivery service industry, is intended to assess the market's logistics and technical capabilities. The consultation is active and aims to inform future procurement strategies for the collection, transport, and delivery of school meals, with a crucial deadline for supplier submission set for 13th May 2021. The insights gathered will guide internal planning and do not form part of a formal procurement process, thus allowing for open participation without any disadvantage to the suppliers. This consultation presents significant opportunities for businesses in the logistics and catering services sectors. Companies specialising in meal deliveries, transport logistics, or catering services are encouraged to engage, as their expertise could play a pivotal role in shaping future procurement exercises aimed at optimising delivery efficiency for educational institutions. The open procedure format allows a broad range of suppliers to provide valuable feedback, ensuring that the Education Authority can identify the best methods and partners for the delivery requirements by the set deadline of 1st September 2021. ## Notice 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. ### Lot Information Lot 1 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009878-2021 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Framework | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 6 May 2021 | | Submission deadline | 13 May 2021 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | 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 | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | EDUCATION AUTHORITY NI | | Locality | BELFAST | | Post town | Northern Ireland | | Postcode | BT1 2NQ | | Country | Northern Ireland | | ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland | | ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland | | ITL 3 | TLN06 Belfast | | Local authority | Belfast | | Electoral ward | Duncairn | | Westminster constituency | Belfast North | | Delivery location | TLN Northern Ireland | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services - 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ### Codes - 55520000 - Catering services - 55521100 - Meals-on-wheels services - 55521200 - Meal delivery service - 60120000 - Taxi services - 60180000 - Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver ## Release History - 6 May 2021 at 15:24 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009878-2021 ## Notice URLs - https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-02ae07. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02ae07.json.