Tender

*Market Engagement* Supply of AdBlue® Exhaust Fluid

  • Education Authority NI
  • Education Authority NI

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-001915

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03997b

Published 20 January 2023, 4:40pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Education Authority NI

3 Charlemont Place

Armagh

BT61 9AX

Contact

transport.procureeani.org.uk

Email

transport.procure@eani.org.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Buyer's address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

one.1) Name and addresses

Education Authority NI

Armagh

BT61 9AX

Email

transport.procure@eani.org.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Buyer's address

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=4667369

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/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=4667369

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

*Market Engagement* Supply of AdBlue® Exhaust Fluid

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 24960000 - Various chemical products

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

***This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority. ***The Education Authority wishes to engage with the market to understand market capacity for the Supply of AdBlue® Exhaust Fluid. 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. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from Cft documents. The Questionnaire must be completed and returned via the Messaging function of eTendersNI.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £300,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 09100000 - Fuels
  • 24951200 - Additives for oils
  • 24950000 - Specialised chemical products
  • 24957000 - Chemical additives
  • 24960000 - Various chemical products

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. ***The Education Authority wishes to engage with the market to understand market capacity for the Supply of AdBlue® Exhaust Fluid. 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. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from Cft documents. The Questionnaire must be completed and returned via the Messaging function of eTendersNI.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Qualitative Criteria (Methodology) / Weighting: 10

Price - Weighting: 90

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £300,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in days

90

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

Market Engagement


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

30 January 2023

Local time

3:00pm

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: 30 April 2023

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

30 January 2023

Local time

3:30pm


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

EANI

Armagh

Country

United Kingdom