Notice Information
Notice Title
Fresh Poultry Products for Education Authority NI
Notice 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 PS17,500,000 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)
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Option to extend for any additional period(s) of up to and including 36 months
Planning Information
Interested participants should complete the questionnaire and upload by 3pm on 25 March 2025. Completed questionnaires must be returned via the eTendersNI Messaging function as an attachment or via email to cater.procure@eani.org.uk.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04eba1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050569-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
-
- CPV Codes
15000000 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
15100000 - Animal products, meat and meat products
15110000 - Meat
15112000 - Poultry
15130000 - Meat products
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £17,500,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £17,500,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- £17,500,000 £10M-£100M
- Contracts Value
- £17,500,000 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 23 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 25 Mar 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 28 Jul 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- 11 Aug 2025 - 31 Mar 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- 2029-10-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE EDUCATION AUTHORITY NI
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- catering.procure@eani.org.uk
- Contact Email
- catering.procure@eani.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT1 2NQ
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Duncairn
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast North
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050569-2025
21st August 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044014-2025
29th July 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025287-2025
22nd May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008770-2025
11th March 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
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