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Published 11 Nov 2026, 12:27 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Appointment of an Integrated Supply Team for St Conor’s College, 11 Bann Road, Kilrea

Official notice
Competition analysis

Authority: the Education Authority (Education)

WorksBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN0C)
Planned pipeline value£42,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 4 Jan 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrs 6 moends 1 Oct 2030 · starts 1 Apr 2028
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

The appointment of an Integrated Supply Team for the delivery of new St Conor’s. College on existing Kilrea site.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The appointment of an Integrated Supply Team for the delivery of new St Conor’s

College on existing Kilrea site. The appointment includes enabling works for decant to the

Clady site and demolition of both existing School buildings. The proposed project will

establish a state-of-the-art post-primary school for 730 pupils on the existing 4.26-hectare

Kilrea site. The building will comply fully with DENI handbook standards and include

modern teaching facilities, School Meals Accommodation (SMA). The area of the site is

below the area recommended by the DENI Handbook, the shortfall is evident in the

proposed sports provision.

CPV: Building construction work · Construction work for buildings relating to education and research · Construction work for school buildings

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 2 yrs 6 moSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2028 – 1 Oct 2030 (2 yrs 6 mo)
Delivery: Northern IrelandEligibility: SME eligible
45210000 Building construction work45214000 Construction work for buildings relating to education and research45214200 Construction work for school buildings

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How the Education Authority buys Building construction work (CPV 4521), and who usually turns up

the Education Authority’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerthe Education Authority · division 45
The marketBuilding construction work (CPV 4521) · Northern Ireland
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 49 of 50 known-size awards · market: CPV 4521 · Northern Ireland, n=75
98%95%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Northern Ireland.

Buyer: 78 of 79 known-location awards · market: CPV 4521 · Northern Ireland, n=74
99%97%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i
Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 4521 · Northern Ireland, n=36
—80 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 80 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 1 of 50 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4521 · Northern Ireland, n=71
2%23%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyer15 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 45
0% had one bid
The market54 lots with bid counts · CPV 4521 · Northern Ireland
24% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (15) / the market (54) · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 24%
Buyer: 0 of 15 lots with published bid counts. Market: 13 of 54 lots with published bid counts.
2–30% / 19%
Buyer: 0 of 15 lots with published bid counts. Market: 10 of 54 lots with published bid counts.
4–60% / 24%
Buyer: 0 of 15 lots with published bid counts. Market: 13 of 54 lots with published bid counts.
7+100% / 33%
Buyer: 15 of 15 lots with published bid counts. Market: 18 of 54 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i
This buyer6 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 45
17% below estimate
The market37 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4521 · Northern Ireland
22% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (6) / the market (37) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate17% / 22%
Buyer: 1 of 6 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 8 of 37 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%17% / 16%
Buyer: 1 of 6 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 6 of 37 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate67% / 62%
Buyer: 4 of 6 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 23 of 37 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 452130 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£42m
Expected competition
i

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 54 past lots.

—No model forecast yet24% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 54 similar lots
1 bid24%
13 of 54 similar past lots received 1 bid (24%).
2–319%
10 of 54 similar past lots received 2–3 (19%).
4–624%
13 of 54 similar past lots received 4–6 (24%).
7+33%
18 of 54 similar past lots received 7+ (33%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £42m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Coming up in this sector

Contracts ending within 12 months · Retender Radar, sector filter set

Contracts ending in Construction & Civil EngineeringRetender Radar, CPV 45: incumbents and end dates for the next 12 months

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
11 Nov 2026, 12:27 GMT
Last source update
11 Nov 2026, 12:27 GMT
Authority reference
MA20-00000222
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107078
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Building construction workConstruction work for buildings relating to education and researchConstruction work for school buildings
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0C)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b985 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

11 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2028 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published3 days ago
    11 Nov 2026, 12:27 GMT
  2. Today
    14 Nov 2026
  3. Market engagementin 11 days
    25 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

    The Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI), in preparation for the procurement

    process for the Appointment of an Integrated Supply Team for St Conor’s

    College, Kilrea have prepared a Pre-Market Engagement Briefing Document

    to provide suppliers with pre-tender information regarding the forthcoming project.

    This document may be downloaded from the CfT documents section of CfT CA Unique ID

    EANI-5526 via eTendersNI. Suppliers, as part of the Pre-Market Engagement process, also have the opportunity to submit queries regarding the project. This should be done via the messaging service in

    the above CfT on eTendersNI no later than 5pm on Wednesday 25th November 2026. A

    response to these queries shall be forwarded shortly after this date.

    Please note that participation or non-participation in this Pre-Market Engagement shall not

    prevent any supplier from participating in any potential procurement process. In addition,

    for the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the process is not part of a formal procurement

    process.

  4. Tender notice expectedin 51 days
    4 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2028, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Nov 2026, 12:27 GMT
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

the Education Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PPHJ-6982-JPXY 40 Academy Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 2NQContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure