Official UK procurement notice
FAE-20-001, Classroom Furniture for the Education Authority
Authority: Education Authority NI (Education)
What is being bought7 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Education Authority in Northern Ireland invites tenders for the Supply and Delivery of Classroom Furniture to individual educational establishments throughout Northern Ireland for an initial two-year period on a call-off as required basis. If it is clear that the framework continues to deliver value for money and meet the needs of end-users, the EA reserves the right to extend this period for up to two further periods of up to 12 months each.
CPV: Furniture · Miscellaneous furniture and equipment · School furniture · Seats, chairs and related products, and associated parts · Tables, cupboards, desk and bookcases
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 7 suppliers
Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure
7 lots · all with a published value · win at most 7 of them · evaluation weights differ by lotEvery one of these 7 lots carries the same published figure, £6,000,000: 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 #1Pupils’ Chairsceiling above
Lot #2Pupils’ Desksceiling above
Lot #3Pupil’s Examination Desk and Trolleyceiling above
Lot #4Pupils’ Tablesceiling above
Lot #5Pupil’s Home Economic Benchceiling above
Lot #6Teacher’s Workstation, Pedestal and Chairceiling 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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Pupils’ Chairs | 20% | 80% | |
| 2 · Pupils’ Desks | 20% | 80% | |
| 3 · Pupil’s Examination Desk and Trolley | 20% | 80% | |
| 4 · Pupils’ Tables | 20% | 80% | |
| 5 · Pupil’s Home Economic Bench | 20% | 80% | |
| 6 · Teacher’s Workstation, Pedestal and Chair | 20% | 80% | |
| 7 · Classroom Storage | 20% | 80% |
- Price carries 80 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 8 points.
- “FAE-20-001, Classroom Furniture for the Education Authority” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 7 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
- Closed
- 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
- 29 Jun 2021, 16:44 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Jun 2021, 16:44 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 12 Aug 2021 – …
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-014869- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02c188Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic ordering · electronic payment
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)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 12 Aug 2021, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 12 Aug 2021, 15:30 BST
Timeline
29 Jun 2021 → 10 Nov 2021 · 4 dates- Notice published29 Jun 2021, 16:44 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown12 Aug 2021, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened12 Aug 2021, 15:30 BST
- Bids must remain valid until10 Nov 2021, 23:59 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation proceduresMediation bodyReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.