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the Education Authority

Grounds Maintenance and Grass Cutting Machinery

AgricultureCPV 16100000
Value£12.0m
Deadline7 Aug 2026
Published7 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 7 Jul 202614 days leftCloses 7 Aug 2026
Who to contact
facilities.procure@eani.org.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£12.0mtotal contract value
median £60k
this tender£0£13.0m

This is a large award for Agricultural Machinery — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 1,022 valued Agricultural Machinery tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

This Framework for supply of Grounds Maintenance and Grass Cutting Machinery will be established on behalf of EA, 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), and Controlled Youth Centres. https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/services/schools-plus Further Education Colleges in NI Grant Maintained Integrated Education Schools in NI https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/services/schools-plus Independent Schools in NI https://www.isc.co.uk/schools/northern-ireland/ Libraries NI https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/ EA Teachers', Educational Centres and EA Corporate Locations 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)

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

This Framework for supply of Grounds Maintenance

This Framework for supply of Grounds Maintenance and Grass Cutting Machinery will be established on behalf of EA, Primary and Post Primary schools under.

02

Grant Maintained Integrated Education Schools in NI

Grant Maintained Integrated Education Schools in NI.

03

Controlled Schools Support Council (CSSC)

Controlled Schools Support Council (CSSC).

04

Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE)

Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE).

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
063598-2026
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