--- title: "Pre Market Engagement Exercise relating to the procurement of PPM and RM 04 - Boiler Plant and Combustion Systems" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e9b3" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06e9b3" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e9b3.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e9b3.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council" published: "2026-08-21" --- # Pre Market Engagement Exercise relating to the procurement of PPM and RM 04 - Boiler Plant and Combustion Systems Buyer: Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e9b3 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06e9b3) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e9b3.json) ## Summary Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council is preparing to procure services for PPM and RM 04 – Boiler Plant and Combustion Systems. The requirement covers radiators and boilers, planned preventive maintenance, and repair and maintenance of heating plant and other non-electrical machinery. It is a services contract concerning boiler plant and combustion systems, with work to be delivered in the United Kingdom. The council is seeking market insight before deciding how to proceed, including the level of supplier interest and information that could improve the future procurement. The requirement is relevant to organisations that maintain, service, repair or manage commercial and public-sector boiler, heating and combustion equipment. This is a pre-market engagement exercise at the planning stage, not a formal tender or invitation to bid. The council expects suppliers to complete a pre-market engagement questionnaire by 14 September 2026 at 23:59, with responses submitted through the council’s designated procurement portal. The anticipated contract period is 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030, with a possible extension to 31 March 2032. The requirement is planned as one lot and is above the applicable threshold. The council intends to use a dynamic purchasing system. Participation in the engagement will not determine future tender evaluation or prevent suppliers from participating in any later procurement, and the council has made no commitment to proceed. The engagement should suit specialist heating, boiler and combustion-system contractors, facilities-management providers, mechanical engineering firms and maintenance companies with relevant commercial or public-sector experience. Useful capability is likely to include planned preventive maintenance, fault diagnosis, repair, servicing and compliance management for boilers, radiators, heating plant and associated non-electrical machinery. Suppliers able to provide an ongoing maintenance service across multiple sites in the United Kingdom may be well placed when the requirement reaches the market. Businesses that understand dynamic purchasing systems should also prepare for the intended procurement route. The questionnaire gives relevant suppliers an opportunity to explain their service capability and provide practical information that may influence the future tender’s design. ## Notice Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to award a tender for the procurement of PPM and RM 04 - Boiler Plant and Combustion Systems. LCCC 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. The questionnaire can be downloaded from the CfT Documents section. The questionnaire must be completed and submitted no later than the date and time specified on eTendersNI. 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 from 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. ### Planning Information PME Questionnaires to be submitted through the EtendersNI portal ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079965-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Dynamic | | 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 | 21 Aug 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 14 Sep 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2030 | | 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 | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council | | Locality | LISBURN | | Postcode area | Northern Ireland | | Postcode | BT27 4RL | | Country | Northern Ireland | | ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland | | ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland | | ITL 3 | TLN0E Lisburn and Castlereagh | | Local authority | Lisburn and Castlereagh | | Electoral ward | Hillhall | | Westminster constituency | Lagan Valley | | Delivery location | TLN0E Lisburn and Castlereagh | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) - 45 - Construction work - 50 - Repair and maintenance services ### Codes - 44621000 - Radiators and boilers - 45259300 - Heating-plant repair and maintenance work - 50324200 - Preventive maintenance services - 50531000 - Repair and maintenance services for non-electrical machinery ## Release History - 21 Aug 2026 at 14:22 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079965-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079965-2026 21st August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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