Milk and Milk Products
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Dale Farm Limites, DRAYNE'S DAIRY LIMITED, GROVE DAIRY LTD
- Value
- £21,000,000
- Duration
- 4 years
- Topic
- Dairy products
- Published
- 16 June 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
Supply and Delivery of Milk and Milk Products. The initial period will be for 4 years from the Start Date (anticipated to be July 2026) with options to extend for any additional period(s) of up to and including 24 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/furthereducationfecolleges 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) The value detailed under each contract is estimated. There is no commitment as to the usage, volume or value of products required under this contract. The EA reserves the right to reallocate any values between all contracts/suppliers where required throughout the period of the Contract, within the limit of the overall awarded Contract value (£21,000,000). ## Contract award Title: Supply and Delivery of Milk and Milk Products - Section 1 - Armagh (all subsections), Section 2 - Ballymena (all subsections) and Section 5 - Omagh (Subsections 1, 2, 3 and 5) ## Contract award Title: Milk and Milk Products - Section 3 - Belfast and Section 4 - Dundonald ## Contract award Title: Milk and Milk Products - Subsection 5.4 Omagh Area 4
Timeline
- Completed: Award published16 June 2026Current notice
- Completed: Award date16 June 2026
- Next: Contract expiry date30 June 2030in 4 years
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. 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.
Dynamic purchasing systems are open to join, and a published pipeline lists current activity.
Over the past 5 years, most of Education Authority Northern Ireland's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and business services.
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@education-authority-northern-ireland.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@education-authority-northern-ireland.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@education-authority-northern-ireland.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@education-authority-northern-ireland.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@education-authority-northern-ireland.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@education-authority-northern-ireland.gov |
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