Official UK procurement notice
CAT-24-001 Equipment for food holding, preparation and transport for the Education Authority
Authority: the Education Authority (Central government)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Client intends to establish a Framework Agreement for the supply and delivery of equipment for food holding, preparation and transport. The Framework is divided into three Lots as follows:
- Lot 1 Bain Maries, Hot Cupboards, Merchandiser Display Units and Modular Counter Units
- Lot 2 Food Preparation Equipment
- Lot 3 Food Transport Equipment A maximum of three Contractors will be awarded a place on each Lot. EA reserves the right to add additional products to the list provided for each Lot as required over the lifetime of the Framework.
CPV: Canteen equipment · Catering equipment · Domestic appliances · Electrical domestic appliances · Electrical domestic appliances for use with foodstuffs · Food blenders · Food mixers · Food processors · Food, beverage and tobacco-processing machinery · Food-cutting machines · Food-preparation equipment · Food-processing machinery · +3 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 9 suppliers · 5 bids on the busiest of 3 lots (0.6 per place) · 3 appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 3 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £2,500,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Bain Maries, Hot Cupboards, Merchandiser Display Units and Modular Counter UnitsAwardedRenewalceiling above
Lot #2Food Preparation EquipmentAwardedRenewalPublished value£450,000
Lot #3Food Transport EquipmentAwardedRenewalceiling above
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 20
- Price: 80
- Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “CAT-24-001 Equipment for food holding, preparation and transport for…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 9 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 16 Jul 2024, 15:38 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Jan 2025, 16:44 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 15 Aug 2024 – …
- Authority reference
CAT-24-001- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-001265- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047dcfFind a Tender
- Performance terms
As per Tender Documents
Publisher note: This framework 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 these bodies may wish to utilise the agreement and should have access, at any point,. with the permission of EA. This agreement is not intended to replace any current 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 Centres. . . 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. 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). Tenderers should. ensure they read and understand the. documentation. found in the CFT documents area of eTendersNI. . As a Public Sector. Procurement. organisation, EA must adhere to the Procurement. Policy Notes,. https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/procurement-policy-notes-ppns.. ..
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 15 Aug 2024, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 15 Aug 2024, 15:30 BST
Timeline
15 Aug 2024 → 14 Jan 2025 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown15 Aug 2024, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened15 Aug 2024, 15:30 BST
- Bids must remain valid until13 Nov 2024, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published14 Jan 2025, 16:44 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete14 Jan 2025, 16:44 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £2,500,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Lot 1 Bain Maries, Hot Cupboards, Merchandiser Display Units and Modular Counter Units
- Signed
- 18 Dec 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Lot 2 Food Preparation Equipment
- Signed
- 18 Dec 2024
- Value
- £450,000
- Status
- active
Lot 3 Food Transport Equipment
- Signed
- 18 Dec 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Bain Maries, Hot Cupboards, Merchandiser Display Units and Modular Counter Units | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 2 · Food Preparation Equipment | 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 5 | — | — |
| 3 · Food Transport Equipment | 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.Review body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- CATERING EQUIPMENT SERVICES LTDFramework contractor
- CE-TechFramework contractor
- STEPHENS CATERING EQUIPMENT CO LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria