Milk and Milk Products

the Education AuthoritycontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-05f7f7Procurement Act 2023SME suitableVCSE suitablepending
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Estimated value

Awarded value

£21.0m

Awarded 15 Jun 2026

Suppliers

3

2 SME

Lots

1

3 awarded

Published

16 Jun 2026

Description

Supply and Delivery of Milk and Milk Products. The initial period will be for 4 years from the Start Date (anticipated to be July 2026) with options to extend for any additional period(s) of up to and including 24 months. This Contract is established by the Education Authority and is open to the EA, including NI educational bodies as follows, who at some point, during the life of the Contract may wish to utilise the agreement and should have access at any point, with the permission of EA. This Contract is not intended to replace any current agreements that participating or nonparticipating institutions may already have in place. Department of Education - Schools Plus https://www.educationni.gov.uk/services/schoolsplus 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), Schoolmeals kitchens on-site at all of these schools, and Controlled Youth Centres. Further Education Colleges in NI : https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/furthereducationfecolleges NICIE - https://nicie.org Grant Controlled Integrated Education Schools in NI Independent Schools in NI https://www.isc.co.uk/schools/northern-ireland/ EA Teachers' and Educational Centres 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 Pre-School Education Programme (PSEP) The value detailed under each contract is estimated. There is no commitment as to the usage, volume or value of products required under this contract. The EA reserves the right to reallocate any values between all contracts/suppliers where required throughout the period of the Contract, within the limit of the overall awarded Contract value (£21,000,000).

Scope

Reference
CAT-25-003
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
30 Jun 2026 to 30 Jun 2030
Possible extension to 30 Jun 2032

options to extend for any additional period(s) of up to and including 24 months

CPV classifications
15500000
15510000
15511000
15512000
15511100
15511500
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
AC1 - Proposed Methodology and Performance ManagementFull details can be found in the doucment section of the CfT on eTendersNI https://etendersni.gov.uk/eppsquality15.00%
Total Contract PriceFull details can be found in the doucment section of the CfT on eTendersNI https://etendersni.gov.uk/eppsprice85.00%

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

CoP 1 - Technical ability to perform the contract – Previous Experience – All subsections, CoP 2 - Food safety management procedures, CoP 3 - Food Premises Inspection Report – All subsections, CoP 4 - Recall and Withdrawal Procedure

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details· 3 awards

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£7.0m

Award date

15 Jun 2026

Contract start

30 Jun 2026

Contract end

30 Jun 2030

Awarded to
DF
DD
SME
GD
CH NI641620
SME