Official UK procurement notice
EA Interim Arrangement for Dishwashers
Authority: Education Authority (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a compliant award of a Call-Off Contract for the provision of Dishwashers from the TUCO Framework for Light and Heavy Catering Equipment (CAT11064-TU). This short term interim contract is valued to a maximum of £250,000 however there is no guarantee of any level of spend. It will be used by EA only when required to ensure service continuity of school meals to children and young people until the wider EA contract is in place.
The original Framework was awarded in 2023, as per notice 2022/S 000-032345 following an Open procurement process in compliance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
CPV: Catering equipment
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 15 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- 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
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Dec 2024, 11:00 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Dec 2024, 11:00 GMT
- Authority reference
CAT-24-009- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-041372- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cc8cFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This is a compliant award of a Call-Off Contract for the provision of Dishwashers from the TUCO Framework for Light and Heavy Catering Equipment (CAT11064-TU). This short term interim contract is valued to a maximum of £250,000 however there is no guarantee of any level of spend. It will be used by EA only when required to ensure service continuity of school meals to children and young people until the wider EA contract is in place.
The original Framework was awarded in 2023, as per notice 2022/S 000-032345 following an Open procurement process in compliance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Publisher note: This Contract (as awarded via further competitions from TUCO Framework for Light and Heavy Catering Equipment (CAT11064-TU) are let by the Northern Ireland Education Authority ("EA") and are open to the EA, including NI educational bodies as follows and at some point during the life of the agreement under this national framework these bodies may wish to utilise the agreement and should have access, at any point, with the permission of EA. This is a compliant award of a Call-Off Contract for the provision of Dishwashers from the TUCO Framework for Light and Heavy Catering Equipment (CAT11064-TU). This short-term interim contract is valued to a maximum of £250,000 however there is no guarantee of any level of spend. It will be used by EA only when required to ensure service continuity of school meals to children and young people until the wider EA contract is in place. The original Framework was awarded in 2023, as per notice 2023/S 000-030104 following an Open procurement process in compliance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. 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.education-ni.gov.uk/services/schools-plus. . Further Education Colleges in NI. https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/further-education-fe-colleges. Grant Controlled Integrated Education Schools in NI. https://www.nicie.org/parents/school-finder/. Independent School in NI. https://www.isc.co.uk/schools/northern-ireland/. . 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)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
CAT-24-009 EA Interim Arrangement for Dishwashers'
- Signed
- 27 Nov 2024
- Value
- £250,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015Review body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- STEPHENS CATERING EQUIPMENT CO LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.