Fresh Poultry Products for Education Authority NI

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Estimated value

Awarded value

£17.5m

Awarded 28 Jul 2025

Suppliers

1

Lots

1

1 awarded

Published

29 Jul 2025

Description

Supply and Delivery of Fresh Poultry Products. The initial period will be for 20 months from the Start Date (anticipated to be August 2025) with options to extend for any additional period(s) of up to and including 36 months. Total estimated value £17,500,000 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/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 Centres. FE Colleges : https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/further-education-fe-colleges Further Education Colleges in NI 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's Pre-School Education Programme (PSEP)

Scope

Reference
CAT-25-006
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
17 Aug 2025 to 31 Mar 2027
Possible extension to 31 Mar 2030

Option to extend for any additional period(s) of up to and including 36 months

CPV classifications
15100000
15112000
15000000
15130000
15110000
Contract locations
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Proposed MethodologyFull details can be found in the CfT documents section on eTenderNI https://etendersni.gov.uk/eppsquality15.00%
Supply Chain and Contingency ManagementFull details can be found in the CfT documents section on eTenderNI https://etendersni.gov.uk/eppsquality10.00%
Total Contract Price Full details can be found in the CfT documents section on eTenderNI https://etendersni.gov.uk/eppscost75.00%

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

None

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

£17.5m

Award date

28 Jul 2025

Contract start

28 Aug 2025

Contract end

31 Mar 2027

Awarded to