01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- the Education Authority
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Category
- goods
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 28 February 2026
Description
The Education Authority (EA) invited 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/furthereducation- 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.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)
This page represents one OCDS contracting process. Notices can be revised over time. Values may be estimates, award values or contract values and should be read with their displayed stage and date.
02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
1 Wind Instruments
- Awarded
- 30 March 2026
- Award value
- £250,000
- Suppliers
- 6
- Signed contract
- 19 April 2026
8B Brass Accessories
- Awarded
- 30 March 2026
- Award value
- £250,000
- Suppliers
- 2
- Signed contract
- 19 April 2026
8C String Accessories
- Awarded
- 30 March 2026
- Award value
- £250,000
- Suppliers
- 4
- Signed contract
- 19 April 2026
8D Percussion Accessories
- Awarded
- 30 March 2026
- Award value
- £250,000
- Suppliers
- 2
- Signed contract
- 19 April 2026
3A Orchestral String Instruments
- Awarded
- 30 March 2026
- Award value
- £250,000
- Suppliers
- 6
- Signed contract
- 19 April 2026
3B Rock and Pop String Instruments
- Awarded
- 30 March 2026
- Award value
- £250,000
- Suppliers
- 6
- Signed contract
- 19 April 2026
4 Brass Instruments
- Awarded
- 30 March 2026
- Award value
- £250,000
- Suppliers
- 6
- Signed contract
- 19 April 2026
5A Acoustic Pianos
- Awarded
- 30 March 2026
- Award value
- £250,000
- Suppliers
- 4
- Signed contract
- 19 April 2026
5B Digital Pianos
- Awarded
- 30 March 2026
- Award value
- £250,000
- Suppliers
- 6
- Signed contract
- 19 April 2026
6 Percussion Instruments
- Awarded
- 30 March 2026
- Award value
- £250,000
- Suppliers
- 6
- Signed contract
- 19 April 2026
7 Audio Equipment and Music Technology
- Awarded
- 30 March 2026
- Award value
- £250,000
- Suppliers
- 6
- Signed contract
- 19 April 2026
8A Woodwind Accessories
- Awarded
- 30 March 2026
- Award value
- £250,000
- Suppliers
- 2
- Signed contract
- 19 April 2026
Musical Instruments for EA schools and Music Centres
- Awarded
- Not supplied
- Award value
- Not supplied
- Suppliers
- 0
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
the Education Authority
40 Academy Street, Belfast, UKN06, BT1 2NQ, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PPHJ-6982-JPXYFREDERICK HYDE LIMITED
Corporate House, Haslemere, UKJ25, GU27 2QH, United Kingdom
Companies House 03112115 →FREDERICK HYDE LIMITED
Corporate House Kings Road Industrial Estate, Haslemere, UKJ25, GU27 2QH, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PYCG-9978-BTDJHAYDOCK MUSIC LIMITED
5a Stewart Street, Glasgow, UKM81, G62 6BW, United Kingdom
Companies House SC267310 →Haydock Music Ltd
5A Stewart Street Milngavie, Glasgow, UKM81, G62 6BW, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PBPL-7667-XVGLNORMANS (BURTON UPON TRENT) LIMITED
Unit 3 Ryknild Industrial Estate, Burton-On-Trent, UKG24, DE14 1RZ, United Kingdom
Companies House 00707581 →Normans (Burton upon Trent) Ltd
Unit 3 Ryknild Industrial Estate Derby Road, Burton upon Trent, UKG24, DE14 1RZ, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PJNT-6481-QXLGCompanies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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