Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
the Education Authority
Ballee Centre, Ballee Road West
Ballymena
BT42 2HS
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
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
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 Classroom Resources
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 30192700 - Stationery
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
***This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority*** Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) is
currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to award a Framework Agreement for the supply and delivery of classroom resources to schools and educational establishments throughout Northern Ireland. 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 no later than 3pm on Friday 28 June 2024. 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.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 30192700 - Stationery
- 30190000 - Various office equipment and supplies
- 30191100 - Filing equipment
- 30191130 - Clipboards
- 39162000 - Educational equipment
- 37800000 - Handicraft and art supplies
- 37820000 - Art supplies
- 39292300 - Drawing instruments
- 39292400 - Writing instruments
- 39292500 - Rulers
- 22830000 - Exercise books
- 30100000 - Office machinery, equipment and supplies except computers, printers and furniture
- 37810000 - Handicraft supplies
- 37822000 - Drawing pens
- 37822100 - Crayons
- 37822400 - Pastels
- 44812000 - Artists' paints
- 42641200 - Machine tools for working ceramics
- 44111300 - Ceramics
- 22800000 - Paper or paperboard registers, account books, binders, forms and other articles of printed stationery
- 22810000 - Paper or paperboard registers
- 22990000 - Newsprint, handmade paper and other uncoated paper or paperboard for graphic purposes
- 37500000 - Games and toys; fairground amusements
- 37520000 - Toys
- 37510000 - Dolls
- 37511000 - Doll houses
- 37512000 - Doll parts or accessories
- 37522000 - Wheeled toys
- 37523000 - Puzzles
- 37524000 - Games
- 37524100 - Educational games
- 37524200 - Board games
- 37524300 - Classic games
- 37524500 - Strategy games
- 37524600 - Memory games
- 37524700 - Game accessories
- 37524400 - Collaborative games
- 37524900 - Game kits
- 37527000 - Toy trains and vehicles
- 37527100 - Toy trains
- 37527200 - Toy vehicles
- 37529000 - Inflatable and riding toys
- 37529200 - Riding toys
- 37821000 - Artists' brushes
- 37822200 - Drawing charcoal
- 37822300 - Chalks
- 37823200 - Tracing paper
- 37823400 - Transparent or translucent paper
- 37823500 - Art and craft paper
- 37823600 - Drawing paper
- 37823800 - Multi-ply paper and paperboard
- 30199000 - Paper stationery and other items
- 30192000 - Office supplies
- 14221000 - Clay
- 30192123 - Fibre pens
- 30192124 - Felt-tipped pens
- 30192130 - Pencils
- 30192133 - Pencil sharpeners
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to award a framework agreement for supply and delivery of Classroom Resources. 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.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
23 September 2024
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No