Buyer profile · Education
Education Authority tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: the Education Authority
- Tenders published
- 46
- About one every 8 days
- Contracts awarded
- 44
- To 73 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £139m
- 45 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £2.18m
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 1 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £2.18mestimated
- £12.9mframework ceiling
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £42mestimated
- £2.5mestimated
- £2.5mestimated
- £495kframework ceiling
- £1.5mestimated
- £1.4mestimated
- £50kestimated
- £42mestimated
- £2.6mframework ceiling
- £67.5mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 12 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
What its tenders ask for
Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)72%
- Direct award (no competition)28%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Education Authority has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 31 days
- Longer than 65% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 29 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 72%
- Higher than 56% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 76 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 71%
- Higher than 80% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 84 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- Fewer than 59% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 63 awards
- Split into lots
- 24%
- Higher than 88% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 46 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 28%
- Higher than 54% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 76 procurements
- Cancelled
- 4%
- Higher than 63% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 46 tenders
Compared with other schools, colleges and universities
Education Authority: 31 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 1 |
| 10–15 days | 1 |
| 15–20 days | 2 |
| 20–25 days | 7 |
| 25–30 days | 28 |
| 30–35 days | 23 |
| 35–40 days | 6 |
| 40–45 days | 0 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 1 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Education Authority: 4
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 1 |
| 2–4 bids | 17 |
| 4–6 bids | 17 |
| 6–8 bids | 15 |
| 8–10 bids | 5 |
| 10–12 bids | 1 |
| 12–14 bids | 0 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 0 |
| 18–20 bids | 1 |
| 20+ bids | 2 |
Education Authority: 72%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 24 |
| 10–20% | 12 |
| 20–30% | 13 |
| 30–40% | 4 |
| 40–50% | 10 |
| 50–60% | 4 |
| 60–70% | 9 |
| 70–80% | 12 |
| 80–90% | 11 |
| 90–100% | 42 |
Education Authority: 71%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 1 |
| 10–20% | 2 |
| 20–30% | 9 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 26 |
| 50–60% | 35 |
| 60–70% | 23 |
| 70–80% | 9 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 6 |
Each column is a group of schools, colleges and universities with similar figures. The coloured column holds Education Authority.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRB Cunningham’s Education Solutions Annual Cashless System Maintenance 2026/27 | CRB Cunninghams Limited | £180k | 31 Dec 2026 |