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Supply And Delivery of Pre Prepared Meals to the Education Authority

The Education Authority NI

Estimated Value

Up to £335,000

Deadline

8 September 2025

Published

17 November 2025

Type

Not specified

Northern IrelandGBopen

Overview

Supply and delivery of Pre-Prepared Meals (Individual and Bulk) to school meals kitchens within Northern Ireland Contract period: 01 December 2025 – 30 November 2030 with the option to extend for a further two 12-month extension periods Total awarded value £335,000 excluding VAT 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/furthereducationfeco... 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)

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HENDERSON FOODSERVICE LIMITED

27 Oct 20251 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2030

£335,000

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the Education Authority
Typepublic body
RegionUKN06
Total tenders145
Total spend£1,762,853,003
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17 November 2025

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