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Supply And Delivery of Pre Prepared Meals to the Education Authority

Buyer: The Education Authority →

BuyerThe Education Authority
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published17 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Supply and delivery of Pre-Prepared Meals (Individual and Bulk) to school meals kitchens within Northern Ireland Contract period: 01 December 2025 – 30 November 2030 with the option to extend for a further two 12-month extension periods Total awarded value £335,000 excluding VAT 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), schoolmeals kitchens on-site at all of these schools, and Controlled Youth Centres. Further Education Colleges in NI : https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/furthereducationfecolleges 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 Pre-School Education Programme (PSEP)

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Lot 1

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Statuscomplete

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Recurring requirementNot published
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Planning & early market engagement

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Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

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Related procurements

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Awards

Contracts

Supply And Delivery of Pre Prepared Meals to the Education Authority

Statusactive
Value£335,000

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Source data inventory

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OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05849c
Latest release ID074243-2025
Latest release timestampMon Nov 17 2025 09:38:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
17 Nov 2025award, contract074243-2025
27 Oct 2025award, contract068709-2025
8 Aug 2025tender047438-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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8 Aug 2025 · 047438-2025 · tender
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  "date": "2025-08-08T17:14:46+01:00",
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