Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Education Authority NI
Ballee Centre, Ballee Road West
Ballymena
BT42 2HS
Contact
business.procureeani.org.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Buyer's address
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Pre Market Engagement for Occupational Health Services for Education Authority Northern Ireland
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
** This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority**. Interested participants should complete the questionnaire provided in the CfT documents and return via the following email address business.procure@eani.org.uk by 12 noon on Monday 24 January 2022. The Education Authority (EA) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to award a contract for Occupational Health Services. EANI 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. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from CfT Documents. The questionnaire must be completed and returned via business.procure@eani.org.uk no later than 12 noon on Monday 24 January 2022. 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 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.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £720,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85147000 - Company health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
** This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority**. Interested participants should complete the questionnaire provided in the CfT documents and return via the following email address business.procure@eani.org.uk by 12 noon on Monday 24 January 2022. The Education Authority (EA) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to award a contract for Occupational Health Services. EANI 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. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from CfT Documents. The questionnaire must be completed and returned via business.procure@eani.org.uk no later than 12 noon on Monday 24 January 2022. 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 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.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £720,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
48
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2.14) Additional information
** This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority**. Interested participants should complete the. questionnaire provided in the CfT documents and return via the following email address business.procure@eani.org.uk by 12 noon on. Monday 24 January 2022. The Education Authority (EA) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to award a contract for. Occupational Health Services. EANI 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. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from CfT. Documents. The questionnaire must be completed and returned via business.procure@eani.org.uk no later than 12 noon on Monday 24. January 2022. 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 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.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
24 January 2022
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until: 24 April 2022
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
24 January 2022
Local time
12:30pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.3) Additional information
** This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority**. Interested participants should complete the. questionnaire provided in the CfT documents and return via the following email address business.procure@eani.org.uk by 12 noon on. Monday 24 January 2022. The Education Authority (EA) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to award a contract for. Occupational Health Services. EANI 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. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from CfT. Documents. The questionnaire must be completed and returned via business.procure@eani.org.uk no later than 12 noon on Monday 24. January 2022. 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 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.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
EA
Ballymena
Country
United Kingdom