In deliveryUnited KingdomGoodsFramework agreement£3,000,000
Musical Instruments for EA schools and Music Centres
- Published
- Published 17 June 2025
- Deadline
- Closed 28 February 2026
Overview
The Education Authority (EA) invited tenders for the supply and delivery of Musical Instruments to individual schools and EA locations within Northern Ireland for a period of 4 years. This framework agreement 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 agreement these bodies may wish to utilize the
agreement and should have access, at any point, with the permission of EA. This framework agreement is not intended to replace any current contracts/framework agreements 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 School
for NI (both controlled and Catholic Maintained), school meals kitchens on-site at all of these schools, and Controlled Youth Centre's. https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/furthereducation-
fe-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 School in NI,
Libraries NI: https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/, EA Teachers' and Educational Centre's, 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's Pre-School Education Programme (PSEP)
Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Category
- Goods
- Estimated value
- £3,000,000
- Procedure
- Open
- Contract type
- Framework agreement
- SME suitable
- Yes
- Published
- 17 June 2025
- Questions by
- 24 February 2026
- Deadline
- Closed
Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessoriesMusical instruments and partsMusical instrumentsMusical organsMusical cornets and flutesPercussion instrumentsParts and accessories of musical instrumentsAccessories of musical instruments+3 more
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £3,000,000
- Award date
- 30 March 2026
- Contract period
- 30 April 2026 → 30 April 2030
- FREDERICK HYDE LIMITED
- HAYDOCK MUSIC LIMITED
- Haydock Music Ltd
- NORMANS (BURTON UPON TRENT) LIMITED
- Normans (Burton upon Trent) Ltd
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Notice history
Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.
Contract
29 April 2026
View notice ↗Contract
8 April 2026
View notice ↗Tender Update
26 February 2026
View notice ↗Contract Notice
28 January 2026
View notice ↗Prior Information Notice
17 June 2025
View notice ↗
Contracting authority
the Education Authority
BuyerBelfast, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PPHJ-6982-JPXY
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