Musical Instruments for EA schools and Music Centres
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
£3.0m
Suppliers
28
Lots
13
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
- 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
- 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.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8A | Woodwind Accessories | £231k | complete |
| 8B | Brass Accessories | £231k | complete |
| 8C | String Accessories | £231k | complete |
| 8D | Percussion Accessories | £231k | complete |
| 5A | Acoustic Pianos | £231k | complete |