Preliminary Market Engagement for the Education Authority Framework for the Appointment of Integrated Consultant Teams for Above UK Procurement Threshold Construction Professional Services

The Education Authority (EA) will shortly be undertaking a procurement process to establish a framework agreement for the appointment of Integrated Consultant Teams (ICTs) for the delivery of above UK procurement threshold Construction Professional Services. Before commencing that process, EA is seeking the views of interested parties that may wish to participate in the forthcoming procurement process, in relation to certain structural aspects of the procurement.

The purpose of this PIN and associated Request for Information (RFI) document available at the link specified below is to invite interested parties to express and register their interest in the forthcoming opportunity and provide information as part of a pre-market engagement (PME) exercise, to assist with EA’s refinement and finalization of the procurement process. The RFI contains further information about the opportunity and sets out the information being sought at this stage from interested parties. The RFI should be completed and returned to EA as directed below. The procurement strategy, process and certain aspects of the procurement will be finalized by EA following the PME exercise.

EA intends, as part of this PME, to hold a PME briefing event on 28th June 2024 which will take place online via Microsoft Teams. This event will provide interested parties with an overview of the market engagement, options appraisal, planning and preparations undertaken by EA to date and EA’s proposed procurement strategy for the forthcoming procurement process.

Registration for the PME briefing event shall be through the following link. https://forms.office.com/e/zgQ2jcmfKB (live link included in RFI document).

Registration for the PME briefing event shall only be through this link and must be received by the EA on or before 5pm on 21st June 2024. The option to submit a registration will be removed from the system at the moment the receipt deadline is passed. Telephoned or emailed registration requests will not be accepted.

The PME briefing event shall comprise of a presentation with an opportunity afterwards for interested parties to raise clarification questions with EA. Following the PME briefing event, all interested parties should complete a response to the RFI and return to EA no later than 5pm 10th July 2024 via the following link https://forms.office.com/e/8DVnnDskSD (live link included in RFI document).

RFI responses shall only be via this link. The option to submit an RFI response will be removed from the system at the moment the receipt deadline is passed. Telephoned or emailed RFI responses will not be accepted.