Musical Instruments for EA schools and Music Centres

the Education AuthoritycontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-054df3Procurement Act 2023SME suitablepending
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Estimated value

Awarded value

£3.0m

Awarded 30 Mar 2026

Suppliers

28

28 SME

Lots

13

13 awarded

Published

08 Apr 2026

Description

The Education Authority (EA) invited 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
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
30 Apr 2026 to 30 Apr 2030
CPV classifications
37000000
37300000
37310000
37311300
37314300
37316000
37321000
37320000
37321600
37321700
37322000
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
AC1 Adherence to Specification of Requirementsquality
AC2 Completion of 06 Technical Responsequality
AC3 Costprice

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details· 13 awards

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

Awarded value

£250k

Award date

30 Mar 2026

Contract start

30 Apr 2026

Contract end

30 Apr 2030

Lots · 13 total

Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
8AWoodwind Accessories£231kcomplete
8BBrass Accessories£231kcomplete
8CString Accessories£231kcomplete
8DPercussion Accessories£231kcomplete
5AAcoustic Pianos£231kcomplete