--- title: "*PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE* Occupational Health Services for Education Authority Northern Ireland" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-030855" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-030855" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-030855.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-030855.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "EDUCATION AUTHORITY NI" published: "2022-01-07" --- # *PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE* Occupational Health Services for Education Authority Northern Ireland Buyer: EDUCATION AUTHORITY NI Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-030855 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-030855) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-030855.json) ## Summary The Education Authority Northern Ireland is preparing to initiate a procurement process for Occupational Health Services, with the procurement currently in the planning stage. This is not a formal tender exercise, but organisations interested in participating are invited to complete a pre-market engagement questionnaire by 12 noon on 24 January 2022. The total estimated value of the contract is £720,000, and interested suppliers can access the questionnaire and further information through the Education Authority's procurement page. The anticipated publication date for the formal contract notice is tentatively set for 1 March 2022. This pre-market engagement represents a valuable opportunity for health service providers, particularly those specialising in occupational health and related sectors, to influence the upcoming tendering process. Businesses that engage at this stage can gather insights that may be advantageous for their proposals in subsequent procurement activities, thereby positioning themselves competitively for future contracts with the Education Authority. Participation in this non-binding questionnaire will not disadvantage suppliers in the formal tender processes that follow. ## Notice ** This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority**. Interested participants should complete the questionnaire provided in the CfT documents and return via the following email address business.procure@eani.org.uk by 12 noon on Monday 24 January 2022. The Education Authority (EA) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to award a contract for Occupational Health Services. EANI wishes to engage with the market at this stage to establish the level of market interest and to gather information that will be beneficial in the tendering process. Suppliers who wish to participate in the market engagement exercise should complete the pre-market engagement questionnaire. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from CfT Documents. The questionnaire must be completed and returned via business.procure@eani.org.uk no later than 12 noon on Monday 24 January 2022. There are no formal tender documents to be completed other than the questionnaire. Any information gathered will NOT be considered in any future tender evaluation exercise. Participation or non-participation in this pre-procurement market engagement shall not prevent any supplier/provider participating in a potential procurement process nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any supplier/provider at an advantage in any forthcoming procurement process. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and there is no commitment, at this stage to carrying out such a process. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The Education Authority (EA) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to establish a contract for Occpational Health Services. At this stage, any information gathered through this market consultation exercise may inform a subsequent procurement process and will NOT be appraised in any future tender evaluation exercise. All completed PME questionnaires must be returned via business.procure@eani.org.uk no later than 12 noon on Monday 24 January 2022. Additional information: The date relating to the publication of the contract notice is tentative and may be subject to change. All. future tender documentation will be made available via https://etendersni.gov.uk and potential tenderers should register on this website. to ensure they have access to tender documentation when the tender is published. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000445-2022 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | 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 | 7 Jan 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 Mar 2022 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £720,000 | | 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 - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services - 85100000 - Health services - 85147000 - Company health services ## Release History - 7 Jan 2022 at 11:45 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000445-2022 ## Notice URLs - https://etendersni.gov.uk - https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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