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Supply And Delivery of Pre Prepared Meals to the Education Authority

the Education Authority

Awarded
goods
SME-friendly
VCSE-friendly
Northern Ireland

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Key details

Contracting authority
the Education Authority
Public authority - central government
Region
Belfast
Delivery: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Contract value
£335,000ex VAT
£402,000 inc VAT
Submissions closed
8 September 2025
Published
8 August 2025

Procurement

Contract period
1 December 2025 - 30 November 2030
5 years
Possible extension to 1 December 2032 · 7 years in total
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 15894200 Prepared meals
  • 15894210 School meals
  • 15894300 Prepared dishes

What happened

the Education Authority awarded this contract to HENDERSON FOODSERVICE LIMITED worth £335,000 on 27 Oct 2025. The contract runs until 30 Nov 2030.

Description

The Education Authority invites tenders for the supply and delivery of Pre-Prepared Meals (Individual and Bulk) to school meals kitchens within Northern Ireland for a period of 5 years with the option to extend for a further two 12 month extension periods.

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-educationfe-colleges

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 ocds-h6vhtk-04e889 was Published 28 February 2025, 10:25am

Awarded supplier

Supplier
HENDERSON FOODSERVICE LIMITED
Award value
£335,000
Award date
27 October 2025

Contact

Address
40 Academy Street, Belfast, BT12NQ

Identifiers

Buyer reference
CAT-25-012
Notice ID
047438-2025
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05849c

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