EANI Sandwiches & Hospitality Products Tender – Northern Ireland

The Education Authority invites tenders for the Supply and Delivery of Sandwiches and Associated Products. The initial period will be for 2 years from the Start Date (anticipated to be July 2026) with options to extend for any additional period(s) of up to and including 48 months. The Buyer’s intention is to award the contract to a single Supplier for the period of the contract.

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/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.

FE Colleges: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/further-education-fe-colleges

Further Education Colleges in NI

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’s Pre-School Education Programme (PSEP)

Preliminary market engagement notice was Published on 04 February 2026, 3:39pm

Engagement deadline: 16 February 2026

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-010107

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-064740

Option to extend for any additional period(s) of up to and including 48 months

The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid.

Additional items may be added to the Contract throughout the Term with the agreement of both the Buyer and the Supplier. This may include any Sandwiches, hospitality items and Associated Product options that may be required throughout the duration of the Contract.

The evaluation panel identified a significant risk: if the tender was divided in lots by region, there is a strong possibility that no supplier would bid for the western counties, leaving the EA without guaranteed and consistent supply.

CoP 1 – Technical ability to perform the contract – Previous Experience, CoP 2 – Accreditation, CoP 3 – Food Premises Inspection Report, CoP 4 – Food safety management procedures, CoP 5 – Recall and Withdrawal Procedure

Full details can be found in the documents section of the CfT on eTendersNI https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Full details can be found in the documents section of the CfT on eTendersNI https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

The Buyer cannot guarantee any particular level of business (volumes/values) within the Contract.

40 Academy Street

Belfast

Bt12NQ

United Kingdom

Contact name: catering.procure@eani.org.uk

Email: catering.procure@eani.org.uk

Region: UKN06 – Belfast

Organisation type: Public authority – central government

Devolved regulations that apply: Northern Ireland