Supply And Delivery of Pre Prepared Meals to the Education Authority
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
£335k
Suppliers
1
Lots
1
Published
27 Oct 2025
Description
Supply and delivery of Pre-Prepared Meals (Individual and Bulk) to school meals kitchens within Northern Ireland for a period of 5 years with the option to extend for a further two 12 month extension periods. 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/further-educationfecolleges 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) Preliminary market engagement notice ocds-h6vhtk-04e889 was Published 28 February 2025, 10:25am
Scope
- Reference
- CAT-25-012
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 01 Dec 2025 to 30 Nov 2030Possible extension to 30 Nov 2032
Two 12 month optional extensions
- CPV classifications
- 158942001589421015894300
- Contract locations
- Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proposed Methodology | Full details can be found in the CfTdocuments section on eTenderNI https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps | quality | 20.00% |
| Quality of Samples - Product Characteristics | Full details can be found in the CfTdocuments section on eTenderNI https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps | quality | 60.00% |
| Price | Full details can be found in the CfTdocuments section on eTenderNI https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps | price | 20.00% |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
CoP 1 Technical ability to perform the contract – Previous Experience
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Award details
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
£335k
Award date
27 Oct 2025
Contract start
01 Dec 2025
Contract end
30 Nov 2030