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 provision of Specialist Furniture and Equipment for Pupils with Special Educational Needs. 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 PME Document signed and returned via the Messaging function of eTendersNI by no later than 3pm on Tuesday 1st September 2026 (deadline) in accordance with the instructions detailed in the PME Questionnaire" document. There are no formal tender documents to be completed other than the questionnaire.
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Start a free GlobalGov account| Issuing agency | the Education Authority |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Category | Government Procurement |
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| Published | August 13, 2026 |
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| Procurement stage | Request for Proposal (RFP) |
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| Response due | Not specified / rolling |
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| Status | Open — accepting responses |
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| Official source | View original notice |
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| Last verified | October 11, 2026 |
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: UK Government (Find a Tender).
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