--- title: "**PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT** INSPECTION, SERVICING AND REPAIR OF ROLL AND FOLD SEATING UNITS AND/OR TABLES" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-079092" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-079092" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-079092.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-079092.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "Education Authority NI" published: "2026-10-26" --- # **PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT** INSPECTION, SERVICING AND REPAIR OF ROLL AND FOLD SEATING UNITS AND/OR TABLES Buyer: Education Authority NI Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-079092 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-079092) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-079092.json) ## Summary The Education Authority Northern Ireland is preparing a contract for inspection, servicing and repair of roll-and-fold seating units and/or tables. This is furniture maintenance and repair work, with an engineering services element. The equipment and services are intended for delivery in Northern Ireland. The authority is consulting suppliers on possible approaches to the work before deciding how to shape a later procurement. It is seeking feedback through a questionnaire; participation in this market consultation is separate from any future tender and will not be used to score suppliers in a later competition. The requirement is presented as a single package covering the listed seating units and/or tables. The process is at the planning and market-scoping stage, not a tender: the authority has not invited bids. It expects a later notice around 4 December 2026. Suppliers were asked to submit the market-feedback questionnaire by 3pm on 16 November 2026. The expected contract period is 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2029, with a possible extension to 31 March 2032. The stated estimated value is £1.4 million excluding VAT (£1.68 million including VAT). The authority is seeking views on potential approaches; it has not settled a formal tender procedure or evaluation criteria. The contract is described as one lot, and the work is marked as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses. This engagement is relevant to suppliers able to inspect, maintain and repair roll-and-fold seating units, tables, or both, including furniture service and repair businesses with suitable engineering capability. It offers a chance to inform the authority’s planning by commenting on delivery approaches and the scope of the eventual service. The work is intended to be accessible to SMEs, so businesses that can service the equipment across Northern Ireland may wish to consider whether the potential scale and breadth suit their capacity, including any ability to cover both seating and tables. No particular accreditation, staffing qualification or prior experience requirement is set out at this planning stage. Taking part in the consultation does not give a supplier an advantage or disadvantage in a future competition, and does not prevent participation in it. ## Notice **Please note, this is not a Tender exercise** The Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI), in preparation for a procurement process, wish to engage with the market to seek supplier views and feedback on potential approaches for a Contract for the Inspection, Servicing and Repair of Roll and Fold Seating Units and/or Tables. Market Feedback will be provided via the completion of a questionnaire, to be submitted via eTendersNI under Resource ID 6818092. There are no documents to be completed or provided other than the questionnaire. 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 nonparticipation 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. ### Planning Information The Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI), in preparation for a procurement process, wish to engage with the market to seek supplier views and feedback on potential approaches for a Contract for the Inspection, Servicing and Repair of Roll and Fold Seating Units and/or Tables. Market Feedback will be provided via the completion of a questionnaire, to be submitted via eTendersNI. Suppliers who wish to participate in the pre market engagement exercise should complete the pre market engagement questionnaire on eTendersNI, accessible under the CfT Resource ID 6818092. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from the CfT on eTendersNI. Suppliers also have the opportunity to submit queries regarding the engagement via the eTendersNI messaging function. The Questionnaire must be completed and submitted via the messaging function on eTendersNI no later than 3pm on Monday 16 November 2026. There are no documents required at this point other than the completed questionnaire. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/101231-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 26 Oct 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 4 Dec 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2029 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,400,000 | | 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 | Education Authority NI | | Locality | BELFAST | | Postcode area | 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 - 50 - Repair and maintenance services - 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services ### Codes - 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services - 50850000 - Repair and maintenance services of furniture - 71330000 - Miscellaneous engineering services ## Release History - 26 Oct 2026 at 16:38 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/101231-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/101231-2026 26th October 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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