DERBY COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST awarded LFE education delivery contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 15 Oct 2026, 13:27.

Opportunity overview

Delivery of the 16-19 year old full time Study Programme to young people through engagement with their local community trust. All community trusts that LFE work with are affiliated to their professional football club within The English Football League.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Derby County Community Trust

Matched by number

Published award value: £342.5k
Awarded: 31 Aug 2026
Award ID: ocds-b5fd17-77d05eec-c466-4e2c-847a-eae3012eb4f0-2
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 06498920

Classification

CPV80500000 — Training services

Documents and notices

Awarded contract notice on Contracts FinderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: DERBYCOUNTCOMMTRUST
Status: complete
Procurement Method: limited
Procurement Method Details: Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
Main Procurement Category: services

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 80500000
Description: Training services

Tender Period

Ends: 31 Aug 2024, 17:00

Contract period

Starts: 1 Sept 2024, 00:00
Ends: 31 Jul 2025, 23:59

Suitability

Sme: Yes
Vcse: No

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: West Midlands
Country Name: United Kingdom

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Id: GB-SRS-supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/4V3Ab3Kv
Name: LEAGUE FOOTBALL EDUCATION

Identifier

Legal Name: LEAGUE FOOTBALL EDUCATION
Scheme: GB-SRS
Id: supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/4V3Ab3Kv

Address

Street Address: E F L House 10-12 West Cliff
Locality: Preston
Postal Code: PR18HU
Country Name: England

Contact

Name: Jennifer Hornby
Email: jhornby@lfe.org.uk
Telephone: 01772 326870

Roles

buyer

Organisation 2

Id: GB-COH-06498920
Name: Derby County Community Trust

Identifier

Legal Name: Derby County Community Trust
Scheme: GB-COH
Id: 06498920

Address

Street Address: 14 Pride Point Drive, Derby, DE24 8BX

Details

Scale: sme
Vcse: No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: ocds-b5fd17-77d05eec-c466-4e2c-847a-eae3012eb4f0-2
Status: active
Date: 1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Published: 15 Oct 2026, 11:55

Value

Amount: 342,500
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-06498920
Name: Derby County Community Trust

Contract period

Starts: 1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Jul 2027, 23:59

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 2
Document Type: awardNotice
Description: Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Url: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6c5b1bcf-1beb-461e-a0fd-d3af2deb76fe ↗
Published: 15 Oct 2026, 11:55
Format: text/html
Language: en

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Preston · PR18HU · England
Delivery location · West Midlands · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

6c5b1bcf-1beb-461e-a0fd-d3af2deb76fe-917964Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder · 15 Oct 2026, 11:55

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

League Football Education has published an award notice naming DERBY COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST for delivery of the 16–19 full-time Study Programme through a local community trust linked to an English Football League club.

Published outcome signals

Notice typeAwarded contract notice on Contracts FinderEvidence: Process notice type and award document description.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award ID ocds-b5fd17-77d05eec-c466-4e2c-847a-eae3012eb4f0-2 has status 'active'.
Award date1 September 2026Evidence: Award record date: 2026-09-01T00:00:00+01:00.

89% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed3 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice reference: 6c5b1bcf-1beb-461e-a0fd-d3af2deb76fe-917964
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-77d05eec-c466-4e2c-847a-eae3012eb4f0
First published: 15 Oct 2026
Last checked: 15 Oct 2026, 13:27
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 17 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

The award record is marked active, with a stated award value of £342,500 and a contract period from 1 September 2026 to 31 July 2027. The supplied data does not explicitly confirm signature.

Market significance

This is a single-supplier education and training services award using a negotiated procedure without prior publication.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

DERBY COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST

99% confidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-77d05eec-c466-4e2c-847a-eae3012eb4f0-2 · 342500 GBP · active

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The active award names Derby County Community Trust; supplier verification identifies the legal company as DERBY COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST (company number 06498920).

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice type

99% confidence

Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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Process notice type and award document description.

Award status

98% confidence

Active

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Award ID ocds-b5fd17-77d05eec-c466-4e2c-847a-eae3012eb4f0-2 has status 'active'.

Award date

98% confidence

1 September 2026

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Award record date: 2026-09-01T00:00:00+01:00.

Notice publication date

99% confidence

15 October 2026

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Award notice datePublished: 2026-10-15T11:55:07+01:00.

VALUES

Published values explained

Award value

99% confidence

£342,500

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Active award value: GBP 342,500.

Tender-level value in source data

98% confidence

£243,200

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The embedded tender record gives a value of GBP 243,200.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Submission deadline

98% confidence

31 August 2024, 17:00 BST

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Tender period end date: 2024-08-31T17:00:00+01:00.

Award date

98% confidence

1 September 2026

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Award record date.

Stated contract start

98% confidence

1 September 2026

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Award contractPeriod startDate: 2026-09-01T00:00:00+01:00.

Stated contract end

98% confidence

31 July 2027

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Award contractPeriod endDate: 2027-07-31T23:59:59+01:00.

Award notice published

99% confidence

15 October 2026

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Award notice datePublished.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Service

97% confidence

Delivery of the 16–19 full-time Study Programme through local community trusts affiliated with English Football League professional football clubs.

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Process and tender description.

Primary classification

99% confidence

CPV 80500000 — Training services

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Tender classification.

Delivery area

92% confidence

West Midlands, United Kingdom

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Tender item delivery address region.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procurement method

99% confidence

Limited

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Process and tender procurementMethod.

Procedure detail

99% confidence

Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)

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Process and tender procurementMethodDetails.

Competition information

99% confidence

Bidder count and evaluation information not supplied in the published notice.

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No bid count, scoring, evaluation or unsuccessful-supplier data is supplied.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Stated contract period

98% confidence

1 September 2026 to 31 July 2027

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Award contractPeriod.

Contract signature

99% confidence

Unknown

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The source contains an active award record and award notice, but no explicit signature or conclusion confirmation.

Extension or renewal terms

99% confidence

Unknown

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No extension or renewal option is supplied.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Award structure

97% confidence

One active award is recorded to one verified supplier; no lot allocation is supplied.

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One award and one supplier are present; lot IDs are null and no lots are supplied.

Value interpretation

97% confidence

The £342,500 figure is the award-level value and is associated with the sole supplier in this award record.

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The active award names one supplier and records GBP 342,500.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

89%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-b5fd17-77d05eec-c466-4e2c-847a-eae3012eb4f0
Analysed: 17 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

LEAGUE FOOTBALL EDUCATION

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Buyer party and process buyer name.

Buyer location

96% confidence

Preston, England

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Buyer party address and buyer-location record.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier identity

99% confidence

DERBY COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST, company number 06498920

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Verified supplier record matched by company number; Companies House identifier GB-COH-06498920.

Supplier status in verification record

98% confidence

Active

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Supplier verification record lists verifiedCompanyStatus as Active.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated expiry point

98% confidence

31 July 2027

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Estimate based solely on the explicit award contract end date of 31 July 2027; this is not a procurement forecast.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Conflicting value and period fields

99% confidence

The embedded tender record states £243,200 and a 2024–2025 contract period, while the active award states £342,500 and a 2026–2027 period. Neither version is selected as the definitive overall record beyond reporting each at its source level.

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Tender value/contractPeriod versus award value/contractPeriod.

Notice timing anomaly

99% confidence

The stated tender submission deadline is 31 August 2024, substantially before the award date of 1 September 2026.

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TenderPeriod endDate and award date.

Information not supplied in the published notice

99% confidence

Lot titles, individual lot values, bid count, evaluation results, pricing breakdown, signature evidence, and extension terms are not supplied.

View supporting evidence

No such fields are present in the supplied data.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The source contains conflicting tender-level and award-level values and contract periods: £243,200/2024–2025 versus £342,500/2026–2027.
The notice does not explicitly evidence that a contract was signed or otherwise concluded.
No lot allocation, bidder count, evaluation detail, pricing breakdown, extension terms, or renewal option is supplied.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won the League Football Education education delivery award?

The active award record names DERBY COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST, verified under company number 06498920.

What is the stated award value?

The active award record states £342,500. The embedded tender data separately states £243,200, so the source contains conflicting values.

What is the stated contract period?

The award record states 1 September 2026 to 31 July 2027. The embedded tender record contains different 2024–2025 dates.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

Provision of delivery of education for LFE

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Derby County Community Trust

Classification

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Classification

Tender Period

Contract period

Suitability

Items and delivery

Delivery locations

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Identifier

Address

Details

Roles

Award information

Value

Suppliers

Contract period

Documents

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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