In deliveryUnited KingdomGoods£16,800,000
Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Related Products
- Published
- Published 7 July 2025
- Deadline
- Closed 22 December 2025
Overview
Supply and delivery of Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Related Products to school meals kitchens within Northern Ireland.
Contract period : 01 April 2026 – 31 March 2029 with options to extend for any additional period(s) of up to and including 36 months.
The estimated value is £16,800,000.
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)
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
Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Category
- Goods
- Estimated value
- £16,800,000
- Procedure
- Open
- SME suitable
- Yes
- Published
- 7 July 2025
- Questions by
- 15 December 2025
- Deadline
- Closed
Food, beverages, tobacco and related productsFruit, vegetables and related productsPotatoes and potato productsPotato productsProcessed potatoesProcessed fruit and vegetablesFresh or frozen vegetablesProcessed root vegetables+2 more
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £16,800,000
- Award date
- 23 February 2026
- Contract period
- 31 March 2026 → 31 March 2029
- Henderson Foodservice Ltd
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Notice history
Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.
Contract
27 March 2026
View notice ↗Contract
23 February 2026
View notice ↗Tender Update
25 November 2025
View notice ↗Contract Notice
21 November 2025
View notice ↗Prior Information Notice
7 July 2025
View notice ↗
Contracting authority
The Education Authority NI
BuyerBelfast, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PPHJ-6982-JPXY
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