BSP-25-004 Workplace Uniforms and PPE

The EA invites tenders for the provision of Workplace Uniforms and PPE. This Framework Agreement will run from the 01 June 2025 for a 2 year Initial Period on an as and when required basis, with a possible further extension of a 2 year period.

The administering procurement office for this tender, on behalf of EA, will be the Business Services and Products Procurement Category, based in Ballymena. The EA invites tenders for the provision of Workplace Uniforms and PPE.

This Framework has the following 5 Lots: Lot 1 Protective Clothing, Lot 2 School Crossing Patrol, Lot 3 Misc Items, Equip and Gloves, and Specialised Protective Clothing, Lot 4 Catering Accessories and Uniforms and Lot 5 Bite Resistant PPE. Additional information: The scope of this Framework Agreement is to fulfilthe EA’s supply and delivery requirement of Workplace Uniforms andPPE for various directorates and schools throughout the whole of NIfrom 01 June 2024.

This Framework Agreement islet by the Northern Ireland Education Authority “EA” and is opento the EA, including NI educational bodies as follows: Primary andPost Primary schools under the control of the EA, CatholicMaintained Schools, Independent Schools in NI, Irish Medium Schoolsin NI, both Controlled and, Voluntary Grammar Schools, NurserySchool for NI both controlled and Catholic Maintained, schoolmeals kitchens on-site at all of these schools, and ControlledYouth Centres. Further Education Colleges in NI – The colleges withSLA agreements are: North West Regional College, Northern RegionalCollege, South Eastern Regional College, South West College,Southern Regional College, Grant Controlled Integrated EducationSchools in NI, Independent School in NI, Libraries NI, EA Teachers’and Educational Centres, Council for the Curriculum, Examinationand Assessment NI CCEA, Armagh Observatory and Planetarium,Middletown Centre for Autism, Controlled Schools Support CouncilCSSC.

Education Authority, Northern Ireland Council forIntegrated Education NICIE. At some point during the life of theFramework, any current and future EA customers, and educationalbodies, may wish to utilise the agreement and should have access,at any point, with the permission of EA.

This agreement is notintended to replace any current agreements, either participating ornon-participating institutions may already have in place. The estimated value in II.2.7 is maximum estimated value including allLots and there is no guarantee of spend. Value may move betweenLots during the course of the Framework Agreement