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Tender: Preliminary Market Engagement for FW130 Civil Engineering Contractor Framework (Construction and Civil Engineering Works)

Released about 2 months ago

Closed25 Sep 2026

Est. valueEstimate£16.0M to £86.6M

LocationNorthern Ireland

AgencyTranslink

SourceeTendersNI

CategoryInfrastructure

Submissions closedClosed Fri, 25 Sept 2026

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A procuring authority is seeking supplier responses to a preliminary market engagement for establishing a closed-type framework agreement for civil engineering works (FW130). This is NOT a call for tender: interested parties must download and read the Pre-Tender Market Engagement Questionnaire and Cover Letter from the "CFT DOCUMENTS" area and submit the completed questionnaire as an attachment via the eTendersNI secure messaging area of the CFT. The procedure is listed as Open/Competitive Flexible under the UK directive, the CFT involves works, and the deadline for submission of completed questionnaires is 12 noon on Friday 25th September 2026; the procedure selected for this pre-market engagement is not indicative of the procurement procedure to follow.

Insight

This could be valuable for civil engineering contractors experienced in construction and civil engineering works who wish to be considered for inclusion on a closed framework agreement; key considerations are that this is a market engagement (not a tender), responses must be submitted via eTendersNI secure messaging by the stated 12 noon 25 September 2026 deadline, and the eventual procurement procedure and framework membership conditions are not yet determined.

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