Planning

Pre-Market Engagement - Non-Personalised Pre-Printed Smartcards

  • Translink

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

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-030086

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-054331

Published 5 June 2025, 9:29am



Scope

Description

Translink are undertaking a Pre-Market Engagement exercise (PME) that seeks input from

the market to inform the upcoming procurement of Non-Personalised Pre-Printed Smartcards. NOTE : THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR TENDER. Please download and read the Terms of Reference and Instructions for Participants which is available from the "CfT Documents" area of eTenders NI. Your response to this market engagement questionnaire must be submitted as an attachment via the secure messaging area of the CfT. The deadline for submission of completed questionnaires is 12:00 19th June 2025.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 May 2026 to 30 April 2029
  • 3 years

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 22455000 - ID cards
  • 30160000 - Magnetic cards
  • 30162000 - Smart cards

Contract locations

  • UKN - Northern Ireland

Engagement

Engagement deadline

19 June 2025

Engagement process description

This is a Pre-Market Engagement exercise (PME) that seeks input from the market to inform the upcoming procurement of a Non-Personalised Pre-printed Smartcards.

Translink are seeking to invite suitable suppliers in this sector to respond to a questionnaire via eTenders NI. Following assessment of the responses received, Translink may invite suppliers to attend a short Teams session to further discuss their responses.

Questionnaires must be submitted via the messaging portal for the relevant CfT on

eTendersNI by no later than 12:00 on 19th June 2025.


Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

1 August 2025


Procedure

Special regime

Utilities


Contracting authority

Translink

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PTMT-7134-NRMV

22 Great Victoria Street

Belfast

BT2 7LX

United Kingdom

Region: UKN06 - Belfast

Organisation type: Public undertaking (commercial organisation subject to public authority oversight)

Devolved regulations that apply: Northern Ireland