01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- the Education Authority
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Category
- goods
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 26 May 2026
Description
Supply and Delivery of Milk and Milk Products. The initial period will be for 4 years from the Start Date (anticipated to be July 2026) with options to extend for any additional period(s) of up to and including 24 months. 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/furthereducationfecolleges 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) The value detailed under each contract is estimated. There is no commitment as to the usage, volume or value of products required under this contract. The EA reserves the right to reallocate any values between all contracts/suppliers where required throughout the period of the Contract, within the limit of the overall awarded Contract value (£21,000,000).
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Supply and Delivery of Milk and Milk Products - Section 1 - Armagh (all subsections), Section 2 - Ballymena (all subsections) and Section 5 - Omagh (Subsections 1, 2, 3 and 5)
- Awarded
- 15 June 2026
- Award value
- £7,000,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
Milk and Milk Products - Section 3 - Belfast and Section 4 - Dundonald
- Awarded
- 15 June 2026
- Award value
- £7,000,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
Milk and Milk Products - Subsection 5.4 Omagh Area 4
- Awarded
- 15 June 2026
- Award value
- £7,000,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- 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-JPXYDALE FARM LIMITED
Dale Farm House, Belfast, UKN06, BT3 9LS, United Kingdom
Companies House NI025356 →DRAYNE'S DAIRY LIMITED
1 Glenavy Road, Lisburn, UKN0E, BT28 3UP, United Kingdom
Companies House NI725682 →GROVE DAIRY LTD
39 Kilclean Road, Castlederg, UKN0A, BT81 7EF, United Kingdom
Companies House NI641620 →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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