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PRE- SERVICED AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS (SPOKEN WORD) AND PRESERVICED LIBRARY BOOKS (LARGE PRINT) AND PRE-SERVICED LIBRARY BOOKS (BOOKS IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH) STANDING LIST FOR LIBRARIES NI

  • the Education Authority

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-031003

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04a3a8

Published 27 September 2024, 1:56pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

the Education Authority

40 Academy Street

Belfast

BT1 2NQ

Email

facilities.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.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- SERVICED AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS (SPOKEN WORD) AND PRESERVICED LIBRARY BOOKS (LARGE PRINT) AND PRE-SERVICED LIBRARY BOOKS (BOOKS IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH) STANDING LIST FOR LIBRARIES NI

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 92511000 - Library services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

***This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority*** 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 supply of Pre-Serviced Audio-Visual Materials (Spoken Word) and Pre-Serviced Library Books (Large Print) and Pre-Serviced Library Books (Books in Languages other than English) Standing List for Libraries NI. 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 returned via the Messaging function of eTendersNI by no later than ***3pm on the 11th October 2024 (deadline)***. There are no formal tender documents to be completed other than the questionnaire

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 3

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

PRE- SERVICED AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS (SPOKEN WORD) AND PRESERVICED LIBRARY BOOKS (LARGE PRINT) AND PRE-SERVICED LIBRARY BOOKS (BOOKS IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH) STANDING LIST FOR LIBRARIES NI

Lot No

Pre-serviced audio-visual materials (spoken word)

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 22113000 - Library books
  • 30234300 - Compact disks (CDs)
  • 92511000 - Library services
  • 32321300 - Audio-visual materials

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN - Northern Ireland

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Pre-serviced audio-visual materials (spoken word)

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

PRE- SERVICED AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS (SPOKEN WORD) AND PRESERVICED LIBRARY BOOKS (LARGE PRINT) AND PRE-SERVICED LIBRARY BOOKS (BOOKS IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH) STANDING LIST FOR LIBRARIES NI

Lot No

Pre-serviced library books (large print)

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 22113000 - Library books
  • 32321300 - Audio-visual materials
  • 92511000 - Library services
  • 30234300 - Compact disks (CDs)

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN - Northern Ireland

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Pre-serviced library books (large print)

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

PRE- SERVICED AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS (SPOKEN WORD) AND PRESERVICED LIBRARY BOOKS (LARGE PRINT) AND PRE-SERVICED LIBRARY BOOKS (BOOKS IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH) STANDING LIST FOR LIBRARIES NI

Lot No

Pre-serviced library books (books in languages other than English)

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 22113000 - Library books
  • 32321300 - Audio-visual materials
  • 92511000 - Library services
  • 30234300 - Compact disks (CDs)

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN - Northern Ireland

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Pre-serviced library books (books in languages other than English)

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

30 November 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: Yes