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In brief

Education Authority has announced plans to buy training and education work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

It is a framework worth up to £495,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 4 years, starting 10 May 2027.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for this buyer (from 63 awards in the last 12 months).

Framework

Winning puts you on a list of suppliers the buyer can call on; it does not guarantee work. The £495,000 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.

What the notice says

This is a Pre-Market Engagement Exercise The Education Authority (EA) intends to establish a Framework to provide Support and Advisory Services across Human Resources, Organisational Development and Learning and Business Management. The framework will be established for a period of 4 years. The scope of this Framework Agreement is to procure Support and Advisory Services across Human Resources, Organisational Development and Learning and general Business Management. The main objective of the Framework is to provide a professional resource which can be flexibly deployed across the full remit of services provided by People Directorate. The Framework will be used to provide extra capacity to…Read the full description
This is a Pre-Market Engagement Exercise The Education Authority (EA) intends to establish a Framework to provide Support and Advisory Services across Human Resources, Organisational Development and Learning and Business Management. The framework will be established for a period of 4 years. The scope of this Framework Agreement is to procure Support and Advisory Services across Human Resources, Organisational Development and Learning and general Business Management. The main objective of the Framework is to provide a professional resource which can be flexibly deployed across the full remit of services provided by People Directorate. The Framework will be used to provide extra capacity to enable the Directorate to fulfil its normal business functions, respond to customer needs and flexibly deal with peaks in workload. They may also be used to provide specialist skills and experience for larger one-off projects as and when required. The Framework will be structured across the following lots. • Lot 1 - Transformational, Change and Business Management • Lot 2 – Leadership • Lot 3 - Employee Relations • Lot 4 - Recruitment • Lot 5 - Business Analysis, Strategic Planning and Data Analytics • Lot 6 - Culture, Vision and Values • Lot 7 - Employee Engagement • Lot 8 - Coaching and Mentoring • Lot 9 - Equality and Human Rights • Lot 10 - Performance and Reward Please note this is not a framework for the provision of Legal Services This Exercise will be used to assist EA in gaining a better understanding of the market/feasibility of the requirements, the most appropriate procurement and operational approach, the capacity of the market to deliver the requirements and an opportunity for the market to highlight any possible risks or issues that may not have previously been considered. This Framework is let by the Northern Ireland Education Authority (“EA”) and is open to the EA, including NI educational bodies as follows and at some point, during the life of the Framework these bodies may wish to utilise the Framework and should have access, at any point, with the permission of EA. This Framework is not intended to replace any current Framework that participating or non-participating institutions may already have in place. https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/services/schools-plus 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), school meals kitchens on-site at all of these schools, and Controlled Youth Centres. https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/further-education-fe-colleges Further Education Colleges in NI https://www.nicie.org/parents/school-finder/ Grant Controlled Integrated Education Schools in NI https://www.isc.co.uk/schools/northern-ireland/ Independent School in NI Libraries NI: https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/ 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 in the Pre-School Education Programme (PSEP) Comhairle na Gaelscolaiochta Department of Education NI

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 104703-2026
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 104710-2026

About the buyer

Education AuthorityLast 12 months

Procurements

134

Awards

44

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From notice 104703-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 4 November 2026, last updated 4 November 2026. We last checked for changes on 4 November 2026.