--- title: "PRE-MARKET ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE (PME) FOR ICT INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04717e" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04717e" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04717e.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04717e.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "THE EDUCATION AUTHORITY" published: "2024-06-20" --- # PRE-MARKET ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE (PME) FOR ICT INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES Buyer: THE EDUCATION AUTHORITY Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04717e [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04717e) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04717e.json) ## Summary The Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) is engaging in a preliminary market consultation exercise to gather views on establishing a contract for ICT Infrastructure Equipment and Services. This exercise, not a formal tender, aims to inform internal business planning and potential future procurement processes. Suppliers can participate by completing a pre-market engagement questionnaire by the deadline of 01st July 2024. This opportunity can benefit businesses seeking to provide ICT Infrastructure Equipment and Services. The market is open to suppliers who wish to engage with EANI during the scoping phase of the project. Even though this exercise is not part of a formal procurement process, completing the questionnaire by the deadline allows suppliers to potentially participate in future procurement opportunities related to ICT infrastructures. ## Notice ***This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority*** The Education Authority Northern Ireland(EANI) wishes to engage with the market to seek their views on establishing a robust, value for money contract for the provision of ICT Infrastructure Equipment and Services. 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. 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 PME Document signed and returned via the Messaging function of eTendersNI by no later than 3pm on 01st of July 2024 (deadline) in accordance with the instructions detailed in the PME Questionnaire" document. There are no formal tender documents to be completed other than the questionnaire. ### Lot Information Lot 1 ***This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority*** The Education Authority Northern Ireland(EANI) wishes to engage with the market to seek their views on establishing a robust, value for money contract for the provision of ICT Infrastructure Equipment and Services. 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. 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 PME Document signed and returned via the Messaging function of eTendersNI by no later than 3pm on 01st of July 2024 (deadline) in accordance with the instructions detailed in the PME Questionnaire" document. There are no formal tender documents to be completed other than the questionnaire. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019044-2024 | | 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 | 20 Jun 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 13 Jul 2024 | | 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 ### Codes - 30000000 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages ## Release History - 20 Jun 2024 at 12:49 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019044-2024 ## 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-04717e. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04717e.json.