CAT-24-005 Warewashing, Refrigeration and Freezing Equipment

CPV: Catering equipment · Domestic appliances · Machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing and associated parts · Miscellaneous equipment

Places

up to 3 suppliers · 8 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (2.7 per place) · 4 appointed (full)

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £10,050,000: 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.

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

Yes

First published

20 Dec 2024, 15:48 GMT

Last source update

23 Jul 2025, 09:42 BST

Award evaluation window

24 Jan 2025 – …

Authority reference

CAT-24-005

FTS notice number

2025/S 000-042240

Classification (CPV)

Catering equipmentDomestic appliancesMachinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing and associated partsMiscellaneous equipment

Delivery area

Northern Ireland (UKN)

Official registry OCID

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Publisher note: This Contract Award Notice is being published following Award of Lot 2 - Refrigeration and Freezing equipment on 1 July 2025. A previous F03 Contract award notice was published following the Award of Lot 1 - Warewashing, this being notice 2025/000-031592 published on 11 June 2025. As detailed in this notice, the evaluation of Lot 2 was ongoing at the time of publication, and EA confirmed that a seperate award notice would be published following the award of Lot 2. For the avoidance of doubt, the combined total value of the Framework Agreement (Lots 1 and 2) is £10,050,000 excluding VAT. 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 Schools 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). 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

Appointment period ends

27 Jan 2025, 15:00 GMT

Submission channel

{"written"}

Accepted languages

en

Bids opened

24 Jan 2025, 15:30 GMT

2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

• Catering and Beverage ServicesFramework contractorGB-COH: NI628726 Carryduff, Northern Ireland
• DS Refrigeration LtdFramework contractor218357264 Armagh, Northern Ireland
• Massey Catering Equipment LimitedFramework contractorGB-COH: NI612998 Craigavon, Northern Ireland
• STEPHENS CATERING EQUIPMENT CO LTDFramework contractorGB-COH: NI011092 Ballymena, Northern Ireland

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