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OpenStage · planning

Education Authority

***PRE-MARKET ENGAGEMENT*** BSP-26-004 Cash Handling Service for EA Catering Service

Business ServicesCPV 66110000
Value£1,100,000
Deadline
Published15 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide

£1,100,000 — stated in the notice

Who to contact
business.procure@eani.org.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£1.1mtotal contract value
median £150k
this tender£0£4.7m

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The brief

***This is not a tender exercise*** The Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) would like to invite participation in a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to seek the views of the market for Cash Handling for EA Catering Service.

The purpose of this PME exercise is for EANI to gain an understanding of the latest developments and innovative solutions available and will be used to assist EANI in gaining a better understanding of the feasibility of the requirements, the most appropriate procurement and operational approach, the capacity of the market to deliver the requirements and an opportunity for the market to highlight any possible risks or issues.

For the avoidance of doubt, this is the scoping phase of the project and is not part of any formal procurement process and there is no commitment at this stage to carry out such a process.

Any information gathered will not be considered in any future tender exercise.

Please note that participation or non-participation in this PME exercise shall not prevent any supplier from participating in any future procurement process, nor is it intended that any information provided shall place any supplier at an advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement exercise.

Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from the documents section of the CfT on eTendersNI.

Suppliers who wish to participate in the PME exercise must return the completed questionnaire via the messaging function of the CfT on eTendersNI no later than 15:00 on Friday 31 July 2026.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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Suppliers who wish to participate in

Suppliers who wish to participate in the PME exercise must return the completed questionnaire via the messaging function of the CfT on eTendersNI no later than 15:00 on Friday 31 July 2026.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cbc8
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
066686-2026
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