Notice Information
Notice Title
First Aid Supplies
Notice Description
Education Authority (hereafter referred to as EA) has a requirement for the supply of First Aid Supplies and intend to establish a contract for a period of 4 years with optional extension period(s) up to and including 24 months. It should be noted that the contract extension options may or may not be exercised.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: An optional extension period(s) up to and including 24 months
Renewal: An optional extension period(s) up to and including 24 months
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0655f0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014275-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
-
- CPV Codes
33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
33140000 - Medical consumables
33141623 - First-aid boxes
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £850,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £850,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Feb 20265 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Mar 20264 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 19 Apr 2026 - 19 Apr 2030 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- 2026-04-17
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- EDUCATION AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- business.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/014275-2026
17th February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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