Grounds Maintenance and Grass Cutting Machinery

the Education AuthoritycontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-0687adProcurement Act 2023SME suitableplanning

Estimated value

£1.2m

goods

Awarded value

Suppliers

0

Lots

1

0 awarded

Published

21 Apr 2026

This is a preliminary market engagement notice

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Description

Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to award a framework for provision of Grounds Maintenance and Grass Cutting Machinery for the Education Authority throughout Northern Ireland. EANI wishes to engage with the market at this stage to establish the level of market interest and to gather information that will be beneficial in the retendering 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 of CfT 6505731. The questionnaire must be completed and submitted no later than 3 pm on the closing date detailed. There are no formal documents to be completed other than the questionnaire. Any information gathered will NOT be considered in any future tender evaluation exercise. Participation or non-participation in this pre-procurement market engagement shall not prevent any supplier/provider from participating in a potential procurement process nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any supplier/ provider at an advantage in any forthcoming procurement process. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and there is no commitment, at this stage to carrying out such a process.

Scope

Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-0687ad
Total value
£1,200,000 excluding VAT
£14,400,000 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
01 Nov 2026 to 31 Oct 2030
Main category
goods
CPV classifications
43325100
16000000
16160000
16310000
16311000
16311100
16710000
34390000
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
PriceThe evaluation of this tender will be based on the assessment of Mandatory Requirements (Pass/Fail) and the prices submitted within the document FMM-26-001 Pricing Schedule to achieve the MAT bid for each line under the Frameworkprice100.00%