AwardedAwarded 7 November 2025
Supply And Delivery of Pre Prepared Meals to the Education Authority
Education Authority · Education
In brief
Education Authority awarded food and drink work to Henderson Foodservice Ltd on 7 November 2025.
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What the notice says
Supply and delivery of Pre-Prepared Meals (Individual and Bulk) to school meals kitchens within Northern Ireland Contract period: 01 December 2025 – 30 November 2030 with the option to extend for a further two 12-month extension periods Total awarded value £335,000 excluding VAT 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.…Read the full description
Supply and delivery of Pre-Prepared Meals (Individual and Bulk) to school meals kitchens within Northern Ireland
Contract period: 01 December 2025 – 30 November 2030 with the option to extend for a further two 12-month extension periods
Total awarded value £335,000 excluding VAT
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)
Who won
| Winner | Value | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Henderson Foodservice Ltd 3 bids received | £335,000 | Awarded 27 October 2025 1 December 2025 to 30 November 2030 |
Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.
Timeline
- Contract award notice · UK6, notice 068709-2025
- Contract details notice · UK7, notice 074243-2025
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From notice 068709-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 27 October 2025, last updated 17 November 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.