Planning

Supply and Delivery of Outdoor Furniture made from Recycled Plastic

  • the Education Authority

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

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-068174

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05d357

Published 24 October 2025, 12:31pm



Scope

Reference

FAE-25-005

Description

The Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI), in preparation for a procurement process, wish to engage with the market to seek supplier views and feedback on potential approaches for a Framework Agreement for the Supply and Delivery of Outdoor Furniture made from Recycled Plastic.

Suppliers who wish to participate in the pre market engagement exercise should complete the pre-market engagement questionnaire on eTendersNI under the CfT CA Unique ID EANI-4983.

Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from the CfT Documents section of the project on eTendersNI. Suppliers also have the opportunity to submit queries regarding the project via the eTendersNI messaging function.

The questionnaire must be completed and submitted no later than 3 pm on Friday 14th November.

There are no documents to be completed other than the questionnaire.

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 nonparticipation 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.

Commercial tool

Establishes a framework

Total value (estimated)

  • £990,000 excluding VAT
  • £1,188,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 10 May 2026 to 9 May 2030
  • 4 years

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 34928480 - Waste and rubbish containers and bins
  • 39142000 - Garden furniture
  • 39151000 - Miscellaneous furniture
  • 39160000 - School furniture
  • 39224340 - Bins

Contract locations

  • UKN - Northern Ireland

Engagement

Engagement deadline

14 November 2025

Engagement process description

The Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI), in preparation for a procurement process, wish to engage with the market to seek supplier views and feedback on potential approaches for a Framework Agreement for the Supply and Delivery of Outdoor Furniture made from Recycled Plastic.

Suppliers who wish to participate in the pre market engagement exercise should complete the pre-market engagement questionnaire on eTendersNI under the CfT CA Unique ID EANI-4983.

Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from the CfT Documents section of the project on eTendersNI. Suppliers also have the opportunity to submit queries regarding the project via the eTendersNI messaging function.

The questionnaire must be completed and submitted no later than 3 pm on Friday 14th November.

There are no documents to be completed other than the questionnaire.

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 nonparticipation 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.


Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


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