**Please note, this is not a Tender exercise**
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 for the Supply and Delivery of Sports and Fitness Equipment, and the Maintenance of Gymnasium and Fitness Equipment.
Market Feedback will be provided via the completion of a questionnaire, to be submitted via eTendersNI. There are no documents to be completed or provided 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.
the Education AuthorityNorthern Ireland28 Apr 2026
The Education Authority are seeking to appoint supplier(s) to a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the supply and delivery of Catering Equipment. This DPS will eventually encompass all Commercial/Heavy and Light equipment required by the EA Catering Service and the permitted users named. Further competitions will be run from the established DPS under 9 distinct lot categories. The DPS will be for an initial period of 10 years, from the date of establishment unless otherwise terminated.