AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
The Education Authority’s Northern Ireland framework for floor-maintenance machinery and on-site generation systems has five named suppliers. The supplied contract record explicitly reports a contract signed on 30 August 2023 and active status. A 2026 modification raised the maximum framework value by 50% to £4.2 million; this is a shared framework ceiling, not a value allocated to any supplier.
Published outcomeFive suppliers are named against the single published lot: KARCHER CRAIGMORE BELFAST LTD, INDUSTRIAL FLOORCARE MACHINES LTD, DIVERSEY LIMITED, CAREY CLEANING MACHINES LTD, and IIC Products t/a Victor Floorcare. The framework covers supply and delivery across Northern Ireland.
Market significanceThe modification establishes a £4.2 million maximum framework value for a multi-supplier Northern Ireland education-sector machinery framework. It may support continued purchasing demand, but no supplier-level spend, call-off allocation or future volume is published.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
5 supplier records analysed
KARCHER CRAIGMORE BELFAST LTD
90% confidenceAward 095660-2026-1-1 · Lots 1 · Not individually published; included in shared £4,200,000 maximum framework value GBP · active
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Named supplier on active award 095660-2026-1-1, related to lot 1. Supplier-identity workflow completed without a safe company match.
INDUSTRIAL FLOORCARE MACHINES LTD
98% confidenceAward 095660-2026-1-1 · Lots 1 · Not individually published; included in shared £4,200,000 maximum framework value GBP · active
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Named supplier on active award 095660-2026-1-1, related to lot 1; verified company number NI607250.
DIVERSEY LIMITED
98% confidenceAward 095660-2026-1-1 · Lots 1 · Not individually published; included in shared £4,200,000 maximum framework value GBP · active
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Named supplier on active award 095660-2026-1-1, related to lot 1; source names DIVERSEY LTD and verified legal name is DIVERSEY LIMITED (company number 03459907).
CAREY CLEANING MACHINES LTD
98% confidenceAward 095660-2026-1-1 · Lots 1 · Not individually published; included in shared £4,200,000 maximum framework value GBP · active
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Named supplier on active award 095660-2026-1-1, related to lot 1; verified company number NI617402.
IIC Products t/a Victor Floorcare
90% confidenceAward 095660-2026-1-1 · Lots 1 · Not individually published; included in shared £4,200,000 maximum framework value GBP · active
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Named supplier on active award 095660-2026-1-1, related to lot 1. Supplier-identity workflow completed without a safe company match.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published status
97% confidenceAwarded / active
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Process display status is "awarded"; the published award and contract records are marked active.
Contract signature
99% confidence30 August 2023
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Contract record dateSigned: 2023-08-30.
Modification
98% confidenceFirst modification reported in 2026
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Contract amendment states: "This is the first modification to this Framework."
Current value change
99% confidenceMaximum framework value increased to £4,200,000
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Amendment states that the maximum framework value was increased by 50% to £4,200,000.00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Maximum framework value
99% confidence£4,200,000
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Active contract value is GBP 4,200,000; amendment describes this as the maximum framework value after a 50% increase.
Value allocation
98% confidenceShared across five named suppliers; supplier-level values not published
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One active award names all five suppliers, while the contract record provides one total value and no supplier allocation.
Increase
99% confidence50% increase in maximum framework value
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Amendment description explicitly states a 50% increase.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence30 August 2023
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Contract dateSigned is 2023-08-30.
Award and contract notice release
98% confidence8 September 2026
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Release history lists release 084745-2026 dated 2026-09-08 with tags award and contract.
Award/contract update release
98% confidence9 October 2026
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Release history lists release 095660-2026 dated 2026-10-09 with tags awardUpdate and contractUpdate.
Published duration
96% confidence1,440 days
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Lot and contract period each state durationInDays: 1440.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceSupply and delivery of floor-maintenance machines and on-site generation systems
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Process and lot descriptions specify supply and delivery to individual schools and Education Authority locations in Northern Ireland.
Named framework sections
96% confidenceRotary cleaning machines; suction cleaning machines; carpet cleaning machines; scrubber driers; onsite generation system and satellite pumps
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Process description lists five sections.
Published lot structure
99% confidenceOne published lot (Lot 1)
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Tender details contain one lot, id 1, covering the overall supply and delivery requirement.
Delivery geography
99% confidenceNorthern Ireland (UKN)
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Contract item delivery address region is UKN.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 39713400 Floor-maintenance machines; additional CPVs 39713410 Floor-cleaning machines and 39713420 Floor polishers
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Published tender and contract classifications.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
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Process procurement_method_details states this procedure.
Procurement category
99% confidenceGoods
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Process main_category and tender mainProcurementCategory are goods.
Competition information
99% confidenceBid count, evaluation results and award rationale not published in supplied data
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No bid, score, ranking or evaluation fields are supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract status
97% confidenceActive
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Published contract record status is active.
Duration
96% confidence1,440 days
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Contract period states durationInDays: 1440.
Modification basis cited
98% confidencePCR 2015 Regulation 72(1)(c)
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Amendment says the modification meets PCR 2015 requirements under Regulation 72(1)(c).
Modification rationale
95% confidenceAdditional unplanned service sites and ageing equipment increased demand beyond the original anticipated level
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Published amendment rationale cites individual school operational decisions, new build schools or additional services, and ageing equipment.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Framework capacity
98% confidenceThe £4.2 million figure is a maximum framework value rather than published committed spend
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Amendment explicitly refers to a maximum framework value; no call-off or expenditure data is supplied.
Demand signal
95% confidenceThe buyer reports demand exceeded the originally anticipated level
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Published amendment rationale says demand for floor-maintenance machinery exceeded anticipated levels.
Supplier opportunity context
94% confidenceFuture purchasing may occur through the active multi-supplier framework, but no call-off pipeline or allocation mechanism is published
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The contract is active and names five suppliers, but supplied data contains no call-off schedule, allocation rules or future volumes.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity limitation
99% confidenceKARCHER CRAIGMORE BELFAST LTD and IIC Products t/a Victor Floorcare are unverified names
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For both suppliers, the identity workflow completed with status checked_unmatched and no safe company match.
Source-name variation
99% confidenceDIVERSEY LTD in the source is presented as DIVERSEY LIMITED based on the supplied verified legal identity
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Supplier verification gives verified company name DIVERSEY LIMITED, company number 03459907; source supplier name is DIVERSEY LTD.
Award-record discrepancy
95% confidenceFive 084745-2026 award IDs are supplied separately alongside one active contract award that names all five suppliers
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Top-level awards list 084745-2026-1 through -5, each related to lot 1, while the detailed active award 095660-2026-1-1 contains all five suppliers.
Information not supplied in the published notice
99% confidenceNo individual supplier values, lot values, award dates, bid counts, evaluation details, pricing breakdown, explicit end date, extension terms or call-off data
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These fields are absent or null in the supplied award, lot and process records.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- KARCHER CRAIGMORE BELFAST LTD and IIC Products t/a Victor Floorcare have checked_unmatched identity status: the workflow completed without finding a safe company match, so these names remain unverified.
- The source has separate 084745-2026 award IDs for five suppliers but a single detailed active award and contract record naming all five; the supplied data does not explain the relationship or allocation between those records.
- The £4.2 million is a shared maximum framework value. No award, lot or supplier-level values, actual spend or call-off allocation is published.
- No award dates, bid counts, bidder list beyond awardees, evaluation scores, ranking, pricing, explicit end date, extension terms or renewal provisions are supplied.
- The stated 1,440-day duration is published, but no explicit start date is supplied; it should not be used to infer an end date.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Education AuthorityNorthern Irelandfloor-maintenance machinescleaning machinesframework agreementDiversey LimitedCarey Cleaning MachinesIndustrial Floorcare Machines
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
What is the value of the framework?
The published modified maximum framework value is £4.2 million. This is not allocated among individual suppliers in the supplied data.
Who are the named suppliers?
KARCHER CRAIGMORE BELFAST LTD, INDUSTRIAL FLOORCARE MACHINES LTD, DIVERSEY LIMITED, CAREY CLEANING MACHINES LTD, and IIC Products t/a Victor Floorcare.
When was the contract signed?
The contract record explicitly gives a signature date of 30 August 2023.
What changed in the 2026 modification?
The buyer states that the maximum framework value rose by 50% to £4.2 million, while the overall scope remained unaltered.
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