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Educo on behalf of the Trust will manage a multiple stage process through the mytenders portal that links to the Find a Tender Central Digital Platform. In essence there will be 3 stages to the tender process. All documentation and responses to each stage must be uploaded to the post-box within mytenders relating to this tender opportunity. STAGE 1 - EXPRESSION OF INTEREST The 1st Stage of this tender is to assess the most appropriate Contractors from their expression of interest applied and on information and responses provided and submitted on the mytenders portal as requested in this Selection Questionnaire. Please see Section 4.0 for the requirements for submission. The responses will be evaluated and scored with the highest scoring 4 - 5 bidders will be invited to progress to Stage 2. 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