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Provision of Regional Vehicle Maintenance Services

In brief

Education Authority has announced plans to buy vehicle and fleet work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

It is a framework worth up to £2,600,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 4 years, starting 1 February 2027.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for this buyer (from 63 awards in the last 12 months).

Framework

Winning puts you on a list of suppliers the buyer can call on; it does not guarantee work. The £2,600,000 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.

What the notice says

The Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) invites interested suppliers to participate in a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to seek market views for a potential Regional Vehicle Maintenance Services Contract. The purpose of this engagement is to gather market feedback on current capabilities, innovative solutions, capacity, and potential risks to help inform EANI's future requirements and procurement approach. This is not a tender exercise and does not form part of any procurement process. Participation or non-participation will not affect any supplier's ability to participate in any future procurement opportunity, nor will it confer any advantage or disadvantage. Further information, including the PME questionnaire, is available within the documents section of this CfT on eTendersNI. Completed questionnaires should be returned via the messaging function within this CfT no later than 15:00 on 2 November 2026. The questionnaire is available by clicking on the following link https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/qi4Fnr1VpH

How to bid

Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

16 October 2026Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 097799-2026

Last time this was bought

Provision of Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Services for Libraries NI Vehicles across NI

Won by: Ni Trucks Ltd
Awarded: 19 August 2026
Value: Not stated, or split across lots

Matched on Education Authority, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

Education AuthorityLast 12 months

Procurements

134

Awards

Suppliers it has used most for vehicle and fleet

Ni Trucks Ltd1 contract

All tenders and awards from Education Authority

From notice 097799-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 16 October 2026. We last checked for changes on 16 October 2026.