FTS UK public procurement

Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Related Products

The Education Authority NI

CompleteOCDS ID ocds-h6vhtk-0559b9
Tender value£16,800,0001 awards · 1 contracts

01 Procurement

Tender overview

Updated 27 March 2026
Buyer
The Education Authority NI
Status
Complete
Procurement method
Open procedure
Category
goods
CPV classification
Not supplied
Tender period
Not supplied — 22 December 2025

Description

Supply and delivery of Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Related Products to school meals kitchens within Northern Ireland. Contract period : 01 April 2026 – 31 March 2029 with options to extend for any additional period(s) of up to and including 36 months. The estimated value is £16,800,000. 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) 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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02 Awards and contracts

Published award records

1 shown
Active

Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Related Products

Awarded
23 February 2026
Award value
£16,800,000
Suppliers
1
Signed contract
6 March 2026

03 Organisations

Buyers, suppliers and other parties

4 parties
Buyer

The Education Authority NI

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

GB-PPON PPHJ-6982-JPXY
Tenderer

Sillis Green Veg Limited

Sillis, Glaslough, IE, H18DT80, Ireland

GB-PPON PBDM-5995-JJRJ

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04 Provenance

Source for this process

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