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EDR-25-002 Musical Instruments for EA Schools and Music Centres

the Education Authority

Awarded
goods
SME-friendly
Framework agreement
Northern Ireland
13 lots

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Key details

Contracting authority
the Education Authority
Public authority - central government
Region
Belfast
Contract value
£3,000,000ex VAT
£3,600,000 inc VAT
Submissions closed
28 February 2026
Published
28 January 2026

Procurement

Contract period
1 May 2026 - 30 April 2030
4 years
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 37000000 Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories
  • 37300000 Musical instruments and parts
  • 37310000 Musical instruments
  • 37311300 Musical organs
  • 37314300 Musical cornets and flutes
  • 37316000 Percussion instruments
  • 37321000 Accessories of musical instruments
  • 37320000 Parts and accessories of musical instruments
  • 37321600 Musical instrument pouches or cases or accessories
  • 37321700 Musical instrument stands or sheet holders
  • 37322000 Parts of musical instruments

What happened

the Education Authority awarded this contract to Normans (Burton upon Trent) Ltd worth £250,000 on 31 Mar 2026. The contract runs until 30 Apr 2030.

Description

The Education Authority (EA) invites tenders for the supply and delivery of Musical Instruments 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/schools-plus 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-colleges 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.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Normans (Burton upon Trent) Ltd
Award value
£250,000
Award date
31 March 2026

Contact

Address
40 Academy Street, Belfast, BT1 2NQ

Identifiers

Buyer reference
EDR-25-002
Notice ID
007367-2026
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054df3

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