Teaching and Learning Resources (including Assessment Materials)
the Education AuthorityEstimated Value
£4,000,000 – £12,000,000
Deadline
Not specified
Published
2 December 2025
Type
Not specified
Overview
The Education Authority (EA) invited tenders for the supply and delivery of Teaching and Learning Resources (including Assessment Materials) to individual schools and EA locations within Northern Ireland for a period of 4 years. This framework agreement is let by the Northern Ireland Education Authority ("EA") and is open to the EA, including NI educational bodies as follows and at some point, during the life of the framework agreement these bodies may wish to utilize the agreement and should have access, at any point, with the permission of EA. This framework agreement is not intended to replace any current contracts/framework agreements that participating or non-participating institutions may already have in place. https://www.education-ni.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), school meals kitchens on-site at all of these schools, and Controlled Youth Centre's. https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/further-education-fe... Further Education Colleges in NI, https://www.nicie.org/parents/school-finder/ Grant Controlled Integrated Education Schools in NI, https://www.isc.co.uk/schools/northern-ireland/ Independent School in NI, Libraries NI: https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/, EA Teachers' and Educational Centre's, 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's Pre- School Education Programme (PSEP)
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- Duration
- 4 years
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Award Details
RED BOX BOOKS LIMITED
£4,000,000
SHULPH LIMITED
£4,000,000
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS LIMITED
£4,000,000
HEALTH BOOKS UK LTD
£12,000,000
CJ Fallon
£12,000,000
SCHOLASTIC LIMITED
£12,000,000
HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED
£12,000,000
PRIMED PUBLISHING LTD
£12,000,000
RENAISSANCE LEARNING UK LIMITED
£12,000,000
PEARSON EDUCATION LIMITED
£12,000,000
Oxford University Press
£12,000,000
Speech Link Multimedia Ltd
£12,000,000
HEATH BOOKS LTD
£12,000,000
CLASSOOS UK LIMITED
£12,000,000
COLOURPOINT CREATIVE LIMITED
£12,000,000
FINDEL EDUCATION LIMITED
£12,000,000
THE WEATHERBIES LIMITED
£12,000,000
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- 3
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- 4
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- 5
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the Education AuthorityKey Dates
Published
2 December 2025
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