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Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Related Products

Descriptions

The Education Authority invites tenders for the supply and delivery of Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Related Products to school meals kitchens within Northern Ireland for a period of 3 years with options to extend for any additional period(s) of up to and including 36 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/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) Preliminary market engagement notice Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0559b9 was published on. 7 July 2025 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.

Timeline

Pblished Date :

7th Jul 2025 in a 4 days

Published Date :

21st Nov 2025 3 days ago

Deadline :

22nd Dec 2025 in a 28 days

Contract Start :

31st Mar 2026

Contract End :

31st Mar 2029

Tender Regions

Keywords

food products

beverages

tobacco

consumer food

drink items

fruit

vegetables

produce

horticultural products

potatoes

frozen potatoes

processed potatoes

potato products

Instant mashed

chip snacks

prepared potato products

potato dishes

processed fruit

processed vegetables

prepared produce

fresh vegetables

frozen veggies

IQF vegetables

processed carrots

beet blends

root veg prep

tuber prep

root tuber dishes

mixed vegetables

legume mix

pepper tomato mix

Tender Lot Details

2 Tender Lots

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Workflows

Status :

Open

Procedure :

N/A

Suitable for SME :

Yes

Nationwide :

No

Assign to :

Tender Progress :

0%

Details

Notice Type :

Tender

Tender Identifier :

IT-378-246-T: 2024 - 001

Tenderbase ID :

310724019

Low Value :

£100K

High Value :

£1000K

Buyer Information

Address :

Liverpool Merseyside , Merseyside , L13 0BQ

Website :

N/A

Procurement contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk

Possible Competitors

1 Possible Competitors