Closed tender

CAT-25-010 Vending Services for the Education Authority

Details

Value
£60,000
Topic
Vending-machine ingredients
Published
8 August 2025
Submission
25 August 2025

Tender description

The Education Authority (hereafter referred to as EA) is inviting tenders for the purpose of establishing a contract for the provision of vending services for the Education Authority for a period of 12 months, with the option to extend for periods up to 24 months. It should be noted that the contract extension options may or may not be exercised.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published8 August 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date25 August 2025

About the buyer

Education Authority Northern Ireland administers most education sector procurement in Northern Ireland, and buys as a non-departmental public body with its own procurement service. That service is one of six Centres of Procurement Expertise in Northern Ireland. Every tender is issued on eTendersNI, where suppliers register, pick their CPV codes and add the Authority as an area of interest. Dynamic purchasing systems are open to join, and a published pipeline lists current activity. Procurement support also goes to schools, school meals kitchens and youth clubs. Contract categories run from transport, fleet and catering to construction, ICT and business services.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of Education Authority Northern Ireland's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 15894500 · Vending-machine ingredients
  • 15981000 · Mineral water
  • 42930000 · Centrifuges, calendering or vending machines
  • 42933000 · Vending machines
  • 42933300 · Automatic goods-vending machines

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