--- title: "Pre Market Engagement Questionnaire - Education Information Solutions Programme - ICT Service Catalogue Provider" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-046fff" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-046fff" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-046fff.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-046fff.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "THE EDUCATION AUTHORITY" published: "2024-06-14" --- # Pre Market Engagement Questionnaire - Education Information Solutions Programme - ICT Service Catalogue Provider Buyer: THE EDUCATION AUTHORITY Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-046fff [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-046fff) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-046fff.json) ## Summary The Education Authority in Northern Ireland is planning a market consultation exercise for a replacement ICT Service Catalogue provider through a pre-market engagement questionnaire. This exercise aims to gather market views to inform internal business planning for the procurement of a service provider enabling schools and EA Corporate to purchase ICT devices and software. The Education Authority emphasizes that this scoping phase is not a formal procurement process and does not confer any advantage or disadvantage to potential suppliers. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses providing IT services, consulting, software development, Internet support, office and computing machinery, software packages, and information systems. Companies interested in supplying ICT devices and software to schools and EA Corporate in Northern Ireland should monitor the future notice date of January 31, 2025, for more details on participation. The tender is part of the services procurement category, focusing on the education sector, with the Buyer being the Education Authority acting as a central purchasing body. ## Notice ***This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority.*** The Education Authority (EA) is seeking the views of the market on its approach for the procurement of a service provider for a replacement ICT Service Catalogue, enabling schools and EA Corporate in Northern Ireland to purchase ICT devices and software to meet their administrative and curriculum delivery needs. 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 from 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. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from CfT documents. The Questionnaire must be completed and returned via the Messaging function of eTendersNI. ### Lot Information Lot 1 ***This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority.*** The Education Authority (EA) is seeking the views of the market on its approach for the procurement of a service provider for a replacement ICT Service Catalogue, enabling schools and EA Corporate in Northern Ireland to purchase ICT devices and software to meet their administrative and curriculum delivery needs. 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 from 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. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from CfT documents. The Questionnaire must be completed and returned via the Messaging function of eTendersNI. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018437-2024 | | 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 | 14 Jun 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 31 Jan 2025 | | 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 | THE EDUCATION AUTHORITY | | 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 - 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages - 48 - Software package and information systems - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 30000000 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages - 48000000 - Software package and information systems - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ## Release History - 14 Jun 2024 at 10:55 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018437-2024 ## 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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