EDR-25-002 Musical Instruments for EA Schools and Music Centres
Estimated value
£3.0m
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
13
Published
26 Feb 2026
Description
The Education Authority (EA) invites tenders for the supply and delivery of Musical Instruments to individual schools and EA locations within Northern Ireland for a period of 4 years. This framework agreement is let by the Northern Ireland Education Authority ("EA") and is open to the EA, including NI educational bodies as follows and at some point, during the life of the framework agreement these bodies may wish to utilize the agreement and should have access, at any point, with the permission of EA. This framework agreement is not intended to replace any current contracts/framework agreements that participating or non-participating institutions may already have in place. https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/services/schools-plus Primary and Post Primary schools under the control of the EA, Catholic Maintained Schools, Independent Schools in NI, Irish Medium Schools in NI, both Controlled and Voluntary Grammar Schools, Nursery School for NI (both controlled and Catholic Maintained), school meals kitchens on-site at all of these schools, and Controlled Youth Centre's. https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/further-education-fe-colleges Further Education Colleges in NI, https://www.nicie.org/parents/school-finder/ Grant Controlled Integrated Education Schools in NI, https://www.isc.co.uk/schools/northern-ireland/ Independent School in NI, Libraries NI:https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/, EA Teachers' and Educational Centre's, Council for the Curriculum, Examination and Assessment NI (CCEA), Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, Middletown Centre for Autism, Controlled Schools Support Council (CSSC), Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE), Pre-Schools and Nurseries included within the EA's Pre-School Education Programme (PSEP)
Scope
- Reference
- EDR-25-002
- Total value
- £3,000,000 excluding VAT£3,600,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 30 Apr 2026 to 30 Apr 2030
- Main category
- goods
- CPV classifications
- 3700000037300000373100003731130037314300373160003732100037320000373216003732170037322000
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| AC1 Adherence to Specification of Requirements | — | quality | — |
| AC2 Completion of 06 Technical Response | — | quality | — |
| AC3 Cost | — | price | — |
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 24 Feb 2026, 11:59 pm
- Submission deadline
- 28 Feb 2026, 11:59 pm
- Submission address
- https://www.etendersni.gov.uk ↗
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Lots · 13 total
Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wind Instruments | £231k | active |
| 2 | Harps | £231k | active |
| 3A | Orchestral String Instruments | £231k | active |
| 3B | Rock and Pop String Instruments | £231k | active |
| 4 | Brass Instruments | £231k | active |