01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- The Education Authority NI
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Category
- goods
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 19 May 2026
Description
Supply and Delivery of Sandwiches and Associated Products to EA school meals kitchens, outdoor education centres and headquarter canteens within Northern Ireland. Contract period: 01 July 2026 - 30 June 2028 with options to extend for any additional period(s) of up to and including 48 months. The estimated value is : £8,400,000 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)
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Sandwiches and Associated Products
- Awarded
- 14 June 2026
- Award value
- £8,400,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 18 June 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
The Education Authority NI
40 Academy Street, Belfast, UKN06, BT1 2NQ, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PPHJ-6982-JPXYEarly Days Foods Ltd
Milltown House Milltown Industrial Estate, Newry, UKN08, BT34 3FN, United Kingdom
Companies House NI614010 →THE BRUNCH BOX SANDWICH COMPANY LIMITED
Unit H2, Carrowreagh Road, UKN0E, BT16 1QT, United Kingdom
Companies House NI063628 →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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