Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Related Products
the Education Authority
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Procurement
- 15300000 Fruit, vegetables and related products
- 15000000 Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
- 15310000 Potatoes and potato products
- 15330000 Processed fruit and vegetables
- 15312000 Potato products
- 15313000 Processed potatoes
- 15331110 Processed root vegetables
- 15331130 Beans, peas, peppers, tomatoes and other vegetables
- 15331100 Fresh or frozen vegetables
- 15331120 Processed tuber vegetables
What happened
the Education Authority awarded this contract to HENDERSON FOODSERVICE LIMITED worth £16,800,000 on 23 Feb 2026. The contract runs until 31 Mar 2029.
Description
The Education Authority invites tenders for the supply and delivery of Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Related Products to school meals kitchens within Northern Ireland for a period of 3 years with options to extend for any additional period(s) of up to and including 36 months.
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-educationfecolleges
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)
Preliminary market engagement notice Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0559b9 was published on. 7 July 2025
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.
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