FTS UK public procurement

Teaching and Learning Resources (including Assessment Materials)

the Education Authority

CompleteOCDS ID ocds-h6vhtk-054f6b
Tender value£50,000,0004 awards · 4 contracts

01 Procurement

Tender overview

Updated 2 December 2025
Buyer
the Education Authority
Status
Complete
Procurement method
Open procedure
Category
goods
CPV classification
Not supplied
Tender period
Not supplied — 25 July 2025

Description

The Education Authority (EA) invited tenders for the supply and delivery of Teaching and Learning Resources (including Assessment Materials) 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/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), 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.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

4 shown
Active

Lot 4 Music Materials

Awarded
14 October 2025
Award value
£4,000,000
Suppliers
3
Signed contract
31 October 2025
Active

Lot 3 Assessment Resources

Awarded
14 October 2025
Award value
£12,000,000
Suppliers
13
Signed contract
31 October 2025
Active

Lot 2 Pupil Workbooks

Awarded
14 October 2025
Award value
£12,000,000
Suppliers
12
Signed contract
31 October 2025
Active

Lot 1 Text Books

Awarded
14 October 2025
Award value
£12,000,000
Suppliers
15
Signed contract
31 October 2025

03 Organisations

Buyers, suppliers and other parties

19 parties
Buyer

the Education Authority

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

GB-PPON PPHJ-6982-JPXY
Supplier

CJ Fallon

Block B, Liffey Valley Office Campus, Dublin, IE, D22X0Y3, Ireland

GB-PPON PHMW-8382-PNZM
Supplier

COLOURPOINT CREATIVE LIMITED

Colourpoint House, 21 Jubilee Road, Newtownards, UKN09, BT23 4YH, United Kingdom

Companies House NI610849 →
Supplier

Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, UKJ14, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PYVB-9591-LMVZ
Supplier

PRIMED PUBLISHING LTD

Unit 2A, Block E, Waterford Road Business Park,, New Ross, Wexford, IE, Y34 NC82, Ireland

Companies House 16079235 →

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04 Provenance

Source for this process

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