Procurement

Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Related Products

The Education Authority NI

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0559b9

Description

Supply and delivery of Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Related Products to school meals kitchens within Northern Ireland.

Contract period : 01 April 2026 - 31 March 2029 with options to extend for any additional period(s) of up to and including 36 months.

The estimated value is £16,800,000.

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),

Schoolmeals kitchens on-site at all of these schools, and Controlled Youth Centres.

Further Education Colleges in NI : https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/further

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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)

N.B. Estimated values stated, both including and excluding VAT are the same as VAT is

not applicable to the goods included under this procurement

Notices

UK7: Contract details notice

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-028707
Published: 27 March 2026, 4:06pm

UK6: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-016258
Published: 23 February 2026, 5:24pm

UK4: Tender notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-076894
Published: 25 November 2025, 2:14pm

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UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-037689
Published: 7 July 2025, 11:21am