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Quick answer — Education Authority NILast refreshed 05 Jun 2026

At a glance

Education Authority NI has awarded £1.4bn across 409 suppliers, with 961 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 19% · 113 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 85% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration19%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share85%
Pipeline · open now113
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Education Authority NI is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 500 published notices and 402 awards on PublicSupply.

500
Notices published
402
Awards
409
Suppliers engaged
—
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
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YoY change
£2.5m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Education Authority NI — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

57

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

113

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services166 · £855.1m
goods196 · £375.5m
works138 · £206.3m

Instrument type

contract500 · £1.4bn
Source:Find a Tender: 500

Awarded contracts · 961 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Education Authority NI is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
EDR-24-007 - Audio, Large Print, Foreign Language Books and Local Studies Publications for Libraries NI—32321300£1.6mest.—active
CAT-23-001 Catering Equipment Dynamic Purchasing System———closed
FAE-23-014 Servicing and Repair of Folding Dining Tables—39143210£724kest.—active
ICT-22-015 - EANI- Manhattan Information System - Software Licencing and SupportMacMunnis Limited72610000——active
FMM-23-012 Servicing and Repair of Grounds Maintenance Equipment for the Education Authority—77314000£700kest.—active
Provision of Planned and Responsive Maintenance and Minor Works - Armagh M&E Lot 2CHC Group Ltd——active
Provision of Planned and Responsive Maintenance and Minor Works - Dundonald Building Lot 1D Martin Building——active
Provision of Planned and Responsive Maintenance and Minor Works, Armagh Building Lot 1Greystone Joinery Construction Ltd——active
Provision of Planned and Responsive Maintenance and Minor Works - Armagh Building Lot 2Greystone Joinery Construction Ltd——active
Provision of Planned and Responsive Maintenance and Minor Works - Omagh Building Lot 1IMAC Educational Support Services Ltd——active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
HF
HENDERSON FOODSERVICE LTD
12 contracts
£265.9mest.
19% of total
—
2
CA
CREATIVE ACTIVITY
38 contracts · SME
£97.5mest.
7% of total
—
3
FH
FREDERICK HYDE LIMITED
8 contracts · SME
£93.5mest.
7% of total
—
4
HM
HAYDOCK MUSIC LIMITED
6 contracts · SME
£76.5mest.
5% of total
—
5
WT
WORLD TRAVEL CENTRE LTD
1 contract · SME
£75.0mest.
5% of total
—
6
SF
Sysco Foods NI Limited
2 contracts
£72.0mest.
5% of total
—
7
HB
HERON BROS LTD
1 contract · SME
£45.0mest.
3% of total
—
8
FE
FINDEL EDUCATION LIMITED
26 contracts
£40.2mest.
3% of total
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9–409
···
401 other suppliers
long tail · 358 SMEs
£654.0m
46% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Health & social work
97 contracts
£3.5bn
50%
Medical, pharmaceutical
115 contracts
£1.1bn
16%
Musical instruments, sport
46 contracts
£996.1m
14%
Food, beverages, tobacco
59 contracts
£344.3m
5%
Furniture, cleaning
109 contracts
£314.8m
4%
IT services, software
8 contracts
£304.0m
4%
Other
151 contracts
£294.8m
4%
Construction works
27 contracts
£206.6m
3%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Health & social work
Medical, pharmaceutical
Musical instruments, sport
Food, beverages, tobacco
Furniture, cleaning
IT services, software
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

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Modifications · 1 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 1 notice tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

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Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

85%
SME supplier share
target 33%
768
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
409
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UK
Contact
catering.procureeani.org.uk
Email
catering.procure@eani.org.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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