**PRE Market Engagement** Inspection, Servicing and Repair of Roll and Fold Seating Units and/or Tables
Issued by the Education Authority · via UK Find a Tender Service
- Published
- 26 Oct 2026
- Value
- GBP 1,400,000
- Reference
- FAE-26-001
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Type
- services
At a glance
the Education Authority in United Kingdom has published a request for information: “**PRE Market Engagement** Inspection, Servicing and Repair of Roll and Fold Seating Units and/or Tables”. The notice does not state a closing date, so confirm the timetable on the official portal. The stated value is GBP 1,400,000. Quote reference FAE-26-001 in any correspondence with the buyer. FreeTender has recorded 14 notices from this buyer since 2026, 13 of them currently open. Bids are submitted to the buyer through UK Find a Tender Service, not through FreeTender.
Details
**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 Contract for the Inspection, Servicing and Repair of Roll and Fold Seating Units and/or Tables. Market Feedback will be provided via the completion of a questionnaire, to be submitted via eTendersNI under Resource ID 6818092. 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.
This notice has closed — what to do next
We hold 14 notices from the Education Authority, going back to August 2026 — 13 of them still open. They buy mostly in Education & Training, Agriculture & Food and Sports, Recreation & Events.
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