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Specialist Furniture and Equipment for Pupils with Special Educational Needs

the Education Authority · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 01:57.

Opportunity overview

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 Specialist Furniture and Equipment for Pupils with Special Educational 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. 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 Tuesday 1st September 2026 (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.

Classification

  • CPV33000000 — Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
  • CPV39000000 — Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-06e3c4
Main Procurement Category
goods
Above Threshold
No
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Communication

Future Notice Date
2 Oct 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Starts
24 Apr 2027, 00:00
Ends
23 Apr 2031, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
33000000
Description
Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
39000000
Description
Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Suppliers should also complete the pre-market engagement questionnaire which can be downloaded from the CfT documents section. The questionnaire must be completed, signed and returned via the messaging function of this CfT by no later than 3pm on Tuesday 1st September 2026 (deadline) in accordance with the instructions detailed in the PME Questionnaire document. Further information on this pre-market engagement exercise can be found within the PME Questionnaire document.
Due
1 Sept 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
077319-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
13 Aug 2026, 15:06
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
the Education Authority
Id
GB-PPON-PPHJ-6982-JPXY

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PPHJ-6982-JPXY

Address

Street Address
40 Academy Street
Locality
Belfast
Postal Code
BT1 2NQ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKN06

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Entry 2
Scheme
UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Id
GB-NIR
Description
Northern Irish devolved regulations apply

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Belfast · UKN06 · BT1 2NQ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 077319-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·