Closed tender

**PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT** Supply and Delivery of Sports and Fitness Equipment and the Maintenance of Gymnasium and Fitness Equipment

Details

Topic
Sports goods and equipment
Published
3 April 2026
Submission
28 April 2026

Tender description

***This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority*** 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 Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from the CfT Documents section. The questionnaire must be completed and submitted via the messaging function no later than 3 pm on Tuesday 28 April. There are no documents to be completed 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.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published3 April 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date28 April 2026

About the buyer

Education Authority Northern Ireland administers most education sector procurement in Northern Ireland, and buys as a non-departmental public body with its own procurement service. That service is one of six Centres of Procurement Expertise in Northern Ireland. Every tender is issued on eTendersNI, where suppliers register, pick their CPV codes and add the Authority as an area of interest. Dynamic purchasing systems are open to join, and a published pipeline lists current activity. Procurement support also goes to schools, school meals kitchens and youth clubs. Contract categories run from transport, fleet and catering to construction, ICT and business services.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of Education Authority Northern Ireland's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 37400000 · Sports goods and equipment
  • 37420000 · Gymnasium equipment
  • 37440000 · Fitness equipments

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