01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- the Education Authority
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Category
- goods
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 10 March 2026
Description
This Framework is for the supply and delivery of outdoor learning equipment to outdoor learning centres and individual schools and EA locations within Northern Ireland for a period of 4 years. This Framework 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 these bodies may wish to utilise the agreement and should have access, at any point, with the permission of EA. This Framework is not intended to replace any current Contracts/Frameworks 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 Schools for NI (both controlled and Catholic Maintained) school meals kitchens on-site at all of these schools, and Controlled Youth Centres. https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/furthereducationfe- 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 Schoolsin NI Libraries NI: https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/ 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)
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Lot 2. Cycling Equipment
- Awarded
- 13 May 2026
- Award value
- £50,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 28 May 2026
Lot 5. Climbing/Caving Equipment
- Awarded
- 13 May 2026
- Award value
- £95,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 28 May 2026
Lot 3. Water Sports Equipment
- Awarded
- 12 May 2026
- Award value
- £140,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 28 May 2026
Outdoor Learning Equipment
- 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-JPXYPATTERSON ELECTRONICS LIMITED
12b Falcon Road, Belfast, UKN06, BT12 6RD, United Kingdom
Companies House NI028633 →PODIUM 4 SPORT LTD
Belfast Mills, Belfast, UKN06, BT13 2HW, United Kingdom
Companies House NI013398 →RED ORANGE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
25 Cabot Square, London, UKI42, E14 4QZ, United Kingdom
Companies House 11130438 →Companies 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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