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Office and Education Supplies - Star Academies

Star Academies

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15 Sep 2026 at 15:19

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Star Academies is buying a comprehensive range of office and education supplies for its schools and associated operations. The requirement covers everyday stationery and office supplies, cleaning and hygiene products, classroom workbooks, art and craft resources, specialist materials for pupils with special educational needs, and other education-specific products. The appointed supplier is expected to offer a broad and diverse product range rather than a narrow product line. Star Academies, based in Blackburn, is the buying organisation. Deliveries are required across England, covering the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East and South West. This is a goods contract, including office supplies and cleaning products.

The procurement has been completed and the contract was awarded to Lyreco UK Limited. The award date was 15 September 2026. It used a selective procedure as an award under a framework, and the process was not a competitive framework call-off. The awarded value is £4,000,000 excluding VAT, or £4,800,000 including VAT. The contract period runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2029, with an optional one-year extension available up to 30 September 2030, subject to service levels and performance. A future contract signature was scheduled for 21 September 2026. The procurement consisted of one completed lot, covering the full office and education supplies requirement.

This award shows that Star Academies requires a single supplier able to support a large, geographically dispersed education estate with both routine and specialist supplies. A credible future competitor would need dependable national distribution across England, the capacity to manage regular deliveries to multiple schools, and a catalogue broad enough to cover stationery, cleaning and hygiene, workbooks, arts and crafts, and special educational needs materials. Strong product availability, fulfilment controls and service-level management would be important, as the extension depends on performance. Suppliers with established public-sector or education-sector fulfilment experience, robust account management and the scale to consolidate many product categories would be better placed to compete when this requirement next reaches the market.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Office and Education Supplies - Star Academies

Notice Description

This contract covers the comprehensive delivery of Office and Education Supplies. The appointed Supplier must be capable of offering an extensive and diverse product range to support both everyday office operations and the varied needs of educational environments. This includes, but is not limited to, general stationery items, cleaning and hygiene products, classroom workbooks, art and craft resources, specialist SEN (Special Educational Needs) materials, and a wide assortment of additional sector specific products.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06fa5c
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087405-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Award under framework
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

CPV Codes

30000000 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

39830000 - Cleaning products

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£4,000,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Sep 2026Today
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
15 Sep 2026Yesterday
Contract Period
1 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Star Academies
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BLACKBURN
Postcode
BB1 2HT
Postcode Area
Blackburn
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD4 Lancashire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD41 Blackburn with Darwen
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Electoral Ward
Blackburn South East
Westminster Constituency
Blackburn

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Lyreco UK Limited

Further Information

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