FAE-22-007 SPECIALIST FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT FOR PUPILS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

Authority: Education Authority NI (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreement7 lotsGoodsOpen procedureSME suitableMax 4 lots to bid

Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33)Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories (37)Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products (39)

+1 more

Industrial machinery (42)

Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)

Framework ceiling (notional)£16,400,000total for 7 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue · 1 value update

Submissions closed 20 Mar 2023awarded 18 Apr 2023

Lots 7max 4 to bid

What is being bought7 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The Education Authority (EA) invites tenders for the supply and delivery of SPECIALIST FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT FOR PUPILS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS to individual schools and EA locations within Northern Ireland for a period of 4 years. This Framework Agreement will contain 4 lots as follows: Lot 1 – Specialist Equipment , Lot 2 – Specialist Furniture , Lot 3 – Sensory Equipment and Lot 4 – Audiology/ Communication Sound Systems. This framework agreement 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 agreement these bodies may wish to utilise the agreement and should have access, at any point, with the permission of EA. This framework agreement is not intended to replace any current contracts/framework agreements that participating or non-participating institutions may already have in place. 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. www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/further-edu… ↗ Further Education Colleges in NI, www.nicie.org/parents/school-finder/ ↗ Grant Controlled Integrated Education Schools in NI, www.isc.co.uk/schools/northern-ire… ↗ Independent School in NI, Libraries NI: 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)

CPV: Desks · Games and toys; fairground amusements · Hearing aids · Hoists · Medical aids · Medical furniture · Medical furniture except beds and tables · Miscellaneous furniture · Modular furniture · Other therapeutic products · Parts and accessories for hearing aids · School furniture · +1 more

How this framework works

From the published notice

Places: up to 20 suppliers · 31 bids on the busiest of 4 lots (1.6 per place) · 31 appointed (full)

Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure

7 lots · 4 with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 4 of them

Every one of these 3 lots carries the same published figure, £4,920,000: 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 #1Specialist EquipmentAwardedceiling above