Planning

Fresh Poultry Products

  • the Education Authority

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-008770

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04eba1

Published 11 March 2025, 2:55pm



Scope

Description

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 Fresh Poultry Products. 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 25 of March 2025 (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.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 July 2025 to 1 July 2028
  • 3 years, 1 day

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 15000000 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
  • 15130000 - Meat products
  • 15100000 - Animal products, meat and meat products
  • 15131500 - Poultry products
  • 15112000 - Poultry
  • 15112100 - Fresh poultry

Engagement

Engagement deadline

25 March 2025

Engagement process description

Interested participants should complete the questionnaire and upload by 3pm on 25 March 2025. Completed questionnaires must be returned via the eTendersNI Messaging function as an attachment or via email to cater.procure@eani.org.uk.


Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Contracting authority

the Education Authority

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PPHJ-6982-JPXY

40 Academy Street

Belfast

BT12NQ

United Kingdom

Region: UKN06 - Belfast

Organisation type: Public authority - central government

Devolved regulations that apply: Northern Ireland