AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
League Football Education published an award notice for delivery of the BTEC Level 3 in Sport (Performance and Excellence) to 16–18-year-old apprentices in professional-development-phase football academies. The notice names Exeter College as supplier and records an active award valued at £25,920.
Published outcomeOne active award is recorded to Exeter College, with a stated period from 1 September 2026 to 27 June 2027.
Market significanceThis is a small, specialised education-services award for academy-linked apprentices in the South West delivery region.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Exeter College
96% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-e02da898-04f5-4f2d-b05f-1060d55e7984-1 · 25,920 GBP · active
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The active award names Exeter College as supplier and gives an award value of GBP 25,920.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice stage
99% confidenceAward
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The source labels the record "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder" and the release tags contain "award".
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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The award status is recorded as "active".
Award date
96% confidence1 September 2026
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Award record date: 2026-09-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Notice publication date
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Award notice datePublished: 2026-10-15T14:51:37+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£25,920
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The award value is 25,920 GBP; the tender value is also 25,920 GBP.
Value allocation
94% confidenceSingle-award value recorded
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One award is supplied, naming one supplier, Exeter College.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender deadline
98% confidence31 August 2026, 17:00 BST
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Tender period end date: 2026-08-31T17:00:00+01:00.
Stated contract period
99% confidence1 September 2026 to 27 June 2027
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The award and tender contract periods state start 2026-09-01 and end 2027-06-27.
Stated duration
93% confidenceApproximately 10 months
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Calculated from the supplied start date of 1 September 2026 and end date of 27 June 2027.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceDelivery of BTEC Level 3 in Sport (Performance and Excellence)
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The notice description specifies delivery of this qualification for 16–18-year-old apprentices in professional-development-phase academies at local football clubs.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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Main procurement category is recorded as services.
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 80400000 — Adult and other education services
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The tender classification is CPV 80400000, described as Adult and other education services.
Delivery region
96% confidenceSouth West, United Kingdom
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Tender item delivery address specifies South West, United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceLimited procedure
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The tender procurement method is "limited".
Procedure detail
99% confidenceNegotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
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The tender procurementMethodDetails field states this wording.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, participant list, evaluation scores or award rationale is provided in the supplied data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract period
99% confidence1 September 2026 to 27 June 2027
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The award contractPeriod gives these dates.
SME suitability flag
96% confidenceYes
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Tender suitability records sme: true.
VCSE suitability flag
96% confidenceNo
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Tender suitability records vcse: false.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No extension, options or renewal provisions are included in the supplied award or tender fields.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award structure
95% confidenceOne supplier is named for a specialised education-delivery requirement
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The notice contains one active award to Exeter College for delivery of the specified BTEC Level 3 programme.
Published commercial detail
99% confidenceOnly a total award value is published
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The supplied data gives £25,920 but provides no pricing schedule, unit rates, payment terms or cost breakdown.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity limitation
99% confidenceExeter College is an unverified supplier name in this analysis
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The supplied supplier verification result is checked_unmatched, with no verified company name or company number.
Contract execution status
99% confidenceNot evidenced
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The record is an active award notice; no supplied field explicitly states that a contract has been signed or executed.
Award and start-date relationship
99% confidenceAward date and stated contract start date are both 1 September 2026, while the award notice was published later on 15 October 2026
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The supplied award date and contract start are 2026-09-01; the notice publication date is 2026-10-15.
Unpublished evaluation information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No tender responses, scoring, rationale or evaluation methodology is included in the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The completed supplier-matching workflow found no safe verified company match for Exeter College; no Companies House verification is implied.
- The supplied award notice does not explicitly confirm that a contract was signed or executed.
- No bid count, bidder identities, evaluation scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown, payment terms or contract document is supplied.
- No extension, option or renewal terms are published; the renewal timing is only an end-date-based estimate.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
League Football EducationExeter CollegeBTEC Level 3 Sporteducation servicesfootball academy apprenticeshipsContracts Finder£25,920 award
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named in the award?
The award notice names Exeter College as the supplier. Its company identity was not verified in the supplied matching data.
What is the published award value?
The published award value is £25,920.
What is being delivered?
Delivery of the BTEC Level 3 in Sport (Performance and Excellence) for 16–18-year-old apprentices in professional-development-phase football academies.
When is the stated contract period?
The notice states 1 September 2026 to 27 June 2027.
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.