*Pre Market Consultation* for the Supply, Delivery and Installation of Replacement Glazing for EA Coaches and Buses

The purpose of this market consultation exercise is to gain an understanding of the market capacity in the following area –

• Supply, Delivery and Installation of Replacement Glazing for EA Coaches and Buses

Additional information gained from this exercise will assist the Education Authority (EA) in ensuring that the most efficient and effective methods are undertaken and included in any future procurement exercise.

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 procurement exercise.

Please note that participation or non-participation in this preliminary market consultation exercise shall not prevent any supplier 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.