Planning

FAE-24-002 Portable Staging, Lighting and Sound

  • the Education Authority

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

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-024903

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-051df0 (view related notices)

Published 22 May 2025, 2:00pm



Scope

Reference

FAE-24-002

Description

The Buyer intends to establish a Framework Agreement for the supply, delivery, commissioning and installation of Portable Staging, Lighting and Sound equipment. The Framework is divided into three Lots as follows: • Lot 1 Portable Staging • Lot 2 Stage Lighting Equipment • Lot 3 Stage Sound Equipment.

Commercial tool

Establishes a framework

Total value (estimated)

  • £1,000,000 excluding VAT
  • £1,200,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2029
  • 4 years

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 31500000 - Lighting equipment and electric lamps
  • 31600000 - Electrical equipment and apparatus
  • 32300000 - Television and radio receivers, and sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus
  • 39150000 - Miscellaneous furniture and equipment
  • 39160000 - School furniture
  • 31000000 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

Contract locations

  • UKN - Northern Ireland

Engagement

Engagement deadline

26 April 2024

The engagement was carried out before this notice was published.

Engagement process description

Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) in preparation of a procurement process for a Framework Agreement for the supply, delivery and installation (where required) of portable staging, stage lighting and stage sound equipment to schools and educational establishments throughout Northern Ireland engaged with the market to seek their views on establishing a robust, value for money Framework Agreement. The Pre-Market Engagement was detailed in a F01 Prior Information Notice (ref 2024/S 000-011897) published on 12 April 2024.

Please note that participation or non-participation in the above mentioned preliminary market consultation exercise does not prevent any supplier from participating in any potential procurement process, nor has any information supplied placed any supplier at an advantage or disadvantage in any forthcoming procurement process

No formal tender documents were provided and feedback was only sought in relation to the pre-market engagement questionnaire. For the avoidance of doubt, the pre-market engagement stage of the project was not part of a formal procurement process.


Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

23 May 2025


Contracting authority

the Education Authority

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PPHJ-6982-JPXY

40 Academy Street

Belfast

BT1 2NQ

United Kingdom

Region: UKN06 - Belfast

Organisation type: Public authority - central government

Devolved regulations that apply: Northern Ireland