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# Fresh Poultry Products for Education Authority NI

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fresh-poultry-products-for-education-authority-ni-ocds-h6vhtk-04eba1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Education Authority: "Fresh Poultry Products for Education Authority NI". Published status: complete. Published Value: £17,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 23 Jun 2025, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: etendersni.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Education Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-education-authority-GB-PPON-PPHJ-6982-JPXY)
- **Published Value:** £17,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 23 June 2025 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Animal products, meat and meat products, Food, beverages, tobacco and related products, Meat, Meat products, Poultry
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £17,500,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fresh-poultry-products-for-education-authority-ni-ocds-h6vhtk-04eba1#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04eba1`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fresh-poultry-products-for-education-authority-ni-ocds-h6vhtk-04eba1#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [etendersni.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetendersni.gov.uk%2Fepps)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fresh-poultry-products-for-education-authority-ni-ocds-h6vhtk-04eba1#participate

## Description
Supply and Delivery of Fresh Poultry Products.  
Contract period: 11 August 2025 – 31 March 2027 with options to extend for any additional period(s) of up to and including 36 months.
Total estimated value £17,500,000
This Contract is established by the Education Authority and is open to the EA, including NI educational bodies as follows, who at some point, during the life of the Contract may wish to utilise the agreement and should have access at any point, with the permission of EA.
This Contract is not intended to replace any current agreements that participating or
nonparticipating institutions may already have in place.
Department of Education - Schools Plus https://www.educationni.gov.uk/services/schoolsplus
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.
FE Colleges : https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/further-education-fe-colleges
NICIE - https://nicie.org/
Grant Controlled Integrated Education Schools in NI
Independent Schools in NI https://www.isc.co.uk/schools/northern-ireland/
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)
Pre-Schools and Nurseries included within the EA's Pre-School Education Programme
(PSEP)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 15000000, 15100000, 15110000, 15112000, 15130000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £17,500,000

- **Contract Period:** 17/08/2025 to 31/03/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Fresh Poultry Products for Education Authority NI (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Henderson Foodservice Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-NI006894`
  - Value: £17,500,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 28/07/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Fresh Poultry Products for Education Authority NI (active)
  - Signed Value: £17,500,000
  - Signed Date: 10/08/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025287-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-10T10:25:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T06:51:21.678Z
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