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title: "Office and Education Supplies - Star Academies"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06fa5c"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Star Academies"
published: "2026-09-15"
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# Office and Education Supplies - Star Academies

Buyer: Star Academies  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06fa5c

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087405-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Sep 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £4,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Star Academies |
| Locality | BLACKBURN |
| Postcode area | Blackburn |
| Postcode | BB1 2HT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD4 Lancashire |
| ITL 3 | TLD41 Blackburn with Darwen |
| Local authority | Blackburn with Darwen |
| Electoral ward | Blackburn South East |
| Westminster constituency | Blackburn |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Lyreco UK Limited |

## CPV Codes

### 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

### Codes

- 30000000 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
- 39830000 - Cleaning products

## Release History

- 15 Sep 2026 at 15:19 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087405-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087405-2026
  15th September 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.lyreco.com
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h6vhtk-05f7d6
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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