FTS UK public procurement

Musical Instruments for EA schools and Music Centres

the Education Authority

CompleteOCDS ID ocds-h6vhtk-054df3
Tender value£3,000,00013 awards · 12 contracts

01 Procurement

Tender overview

Updated 29 April 2026
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)

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02 Awards and contracts

Published award records

13 shown
Active

1 Wind Instruments

Awarded
30 March 2026
Award value
£250,000
Suppliers
6
Signed contract
19 April 2026
Active

8B Brass Accessories

Awarded
30 March 2026
Award value
£250,000
Suppliers
2
Signed contract
19 April 2026
Active

8C String Accessories

Awarded
30 March 2026
Award value
£250,000
Suppliers
4
Signed contract
19 April 2026
Active

8D Percussion Accessories

Awarded
30 March 2026
Award value
£250,000
Suppliers
2
Signed contract
19 April 2026
Active

3A Orchestral String Instruments

Awarded
30 March 2026
Award value
£250,000
Suppliers
6
Signed contract
19 April 2026
Active

3B Rock and Pop String Instruments

Awarded
30 March 2026
Award value
£250,000
Suppliers
6
Signed contract
19 April 2026
Active

4 Brass Instruments

Awarded
30 March 2026
Award value
£250,000
Suppliers
6
Signed contract
19 April 2026
Active

5A Acoustic Pianos

Awarded
30 March 2026
Award value
£250,000
Suppliers
4
Signed contract
19 April 2026
Active

5B Digital Pianos

Awarded
30 March 2026
Award value
£250,000
Suppliers
6
Signed contract
19 April 2026
Active

6 Percussion Instruments

Awarded
30 March 2026
Award value
£250,000
Suppliers
6
Signed contract
19 April 2026
Active

7 Audio Equipment and Music Technology

Awarded
30 March 2026
Award value
£250,000
Suppliers
6
Signed contract
19 April 2026
Active

8A Woodwind Accessories

Awarded
30 March 2026
Award value
£250,000
Suppliers
2
Signed contract
19 April 2026
Active

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

7 parties
Buyer

the Education Authority

40 Academy Street, Belfast, UKN06, BT1 2NQ, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PPHJ-6982-JPXY
Supplier

FREDERICK HYDE LIMITED

Corporate House Kings Road Industrial Estate, Haslemere, UKJ25, GU27 2QH, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PYCG-9978-BTDJ
Supplier

Haydock Music Ltd

5A Stewart Street Milngavie, Glasgow, UKM81, G62 6BW, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PBPL-7667-XVGL
Supplier

NORMANS (BURTON UPON TRENT) LIMITED

Unit 3 Ryknild Industrial Estate, Burton-On-Trent, UKG24, DE14 1RZ, United Kingdom

Companies House 00707581 →
Supplier

Normans (Burton upon Trent) Ltd

Unit 3 Ryknild Industrial Estate Derby Road, Burton upon Trent, UKG24, DE14 1RZ, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PJNT-6481-QXLG

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04 Provenance

Source for this process

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