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    ContractsMarket Engagement for Ambient and Chilled Grocery Products Supply - Education Authority NI
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    Market Engagement for Ambient and Chilled Grocery Products Supply - Education Authority NI

    Contract value
    £67.5m
    Published 12 Oct 2026

    Education Authority NI seeks market feedback on a potential contract for ambient and chilled grocery products and fresh muffins through a voluntary pre-market engagement questionnaire.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· Northern IrelandPublished 12 Oct 2026· TodayviaFind a Tender
    Contract value
    £67.5m
    Published 12 Oct 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £67,500,000indicative
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Rolling
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Agriculture & Food
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      Northern Ireland

    Lifecycle

    Open

    Open tender — no closing date published. Opened today.

    12 October 2026
    Open tender · no closing date published

    Brief

    The Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) is conducting a market consultation to gather supplier views on establishing a value-for-money contract for Ambient and Chilled Grocery Products and Fresh Muffins. This is a preliminary scoping exercise to inform business planning and future procurement decisions. Suppliers are invited to complete and submit the Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire by 3pm on the closing date specified in the questionnaire document. Participation is voluntary and will not affect eligibility for any future formal tender process. Responses will not be used in any future tender evaluation, and all suppliers will be treated equally regardless of participation. To participate, download the questionnaire from the Contracts Finder (CfT) documents section. No other formal tender documents are required.

    Track record

    3 awards · 2 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In agriculture food, the Education Authority has awarded 3 contracts to 2 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. DALE FARM LIMITED2× · 67%
    2. EARLY DAYS FOODS LIMITED1× · 33%

    Across agriculture food, the most active winners are INMEDIA SPOL S RO, INMEDIA, spol. s r.o., BFS GROUP LIMITED — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-078560

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    the Education Authority
    Sector
    Agriculture & Food