AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
League Football Education has published an award notice for delivery of its 16–19 full-time Study Programme through a local community trust affiliated with an English Football League club. The award identifies NORTHAMPTON TOWN FC COMMUNITY TRUST.
Published outcomeOne active award is recorded to NORTHAMPTON TOWN FC COMMUNITY TRUST, valued at £278,800. The award record gives a 1 September 2026 to 31 July 2027 contract period.
Market significanceThis is a specialist education and training-services requirement in the East Midlands, procured through a negotiated procedure without prior publication.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
NORTHAMPTON TOWN FC COMMUNITY TRUST
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-1b0a5330-c4fd-49c4-9647-eac32b855628-3 · 278800 GBP · active
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Award supplier is Northampton Town FC Community Trust; verified_company_name is NORTHAMPTON TOWN FC COMMUNITY TRUST, verified by company number 04141812. Award value is £278,800.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
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Process notice type and award document description.
Published
99% confidence15 October 2026
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published_at and award document datePublished: 2026-10-15T11:43:11+01:00.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-1b0a5330-c4fd-49c4-9647-eac32b855628-3 has status active.
Contract execution
98% confidenceNot explicitly stated
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The supplied data contains an active award and contract-period fields, but does not explicitly state that a contract was signed.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£278,800 GBP
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Award value.amount: 278800; currency: GBP.
Tender value
98% confidence£269,800 GBP
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Tender value.amount: 269800; currency: GBP.
Value inconsistency
99% confidenceAward value is £9,000 higher than the tender value
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Published tender value is £269,800 while the award record states £278,800.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award date
98% confidence1 September 2026
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Award date: 2026-09-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract period stated in award
99% confidence1 September 2026 to 31 July 2027
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Award contractPeriod startDate 2026-09-01 and endDate 2027-07-31.
Tender deadline
98% confidence31 August 2024, 17:00 BST
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Tender tenderPeriod endDate: 2024-08-31T17:00:00+01:00.
Earlier process-level contract period
98% confidence1 September 2024 to 31 July 2025
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Process-level contract_start_at and contract_end_at, and tender contractPeriod, state 2024-09-01 to 2025-07-31.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceDelivery 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.
Category
99% confidenceServices — training services (CPV 80500000)
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main_category is services; primary CPV classification is 80500000 Training services.
Delivery location
97% confidenceEast Midlands, United Kingdom
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Tender item deliveryAddresses identifies East Midlands.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceLimited
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process procurement_method: limited.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceNegotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
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process and tender procurementMethodDetails.
Competition information
99% confidenceNumber of bids and evaluation results not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid-count, scoring, ranking or evaluation fields are supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Stated duration
96% confidence334 days (approximately 11 months)
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Calculated from the award contract period of 1 September 2026 to 31 July 2027.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension or renewal provisions are supplied.
SME indicator
96% confidenceSupplier is marked as an SME in the source data.
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Supplier party details.scale: sme.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award route
90% confidenceThe stated negotiated procedure without prior publication may be relevant to suppliers monitoring non-open routes to specialist delivery partnerships.
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Procedure detail is explicitly stated as negotiated without prior publication.
Value interpretation
96% confidenceThe £278,800 award value is recorded against the sole award and supplier in the supplied data.
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One award names one supplier and states a £278,800 award value; no lots are supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Material date conflict
99% confidenceThe process-level tender deadline and contract period are in 2024–25, whereas the active award is dated 2026 and states a 2026–27 period.
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Tender deadline is 31 August 2024; process-level period is 1 September 2024 to 31 July 2025; award date and period begin 1 September 2026.
Material value conflict
99% confidenceThe tender value (£269,800) differs from the award value (£278,800).
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Tender value.amount is 269800; award value.amount is 278800.
Contract status precision
99% confidenceThe notice supports an active award record, but does not explicitly confirm signature or execution of a contract.
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No explicit signed-contract field or statement is supplied.
Unpublished procurement detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes bid count, evaluation, award rationale, lot allocation, pricing breakdown and renewal terms.
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These fields are absent from the supplied record.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source contains unresolved, material date inconsistencies between process-level 2024–25 fields and the active award's 2026–27 dates; this analysis reports both without selecting an unsupported version.
- The tender value (£269,800) and award value (£278,800) conflict; no explanation for the £9,000 difference is supplied.
- The notice does not explicitly confirm that a contract was signed or executed.
- Information not supplied in the published notice includes bid numbers, evaluation methodology or scores, award rationale, lot structure and allocation, individual pricing, and extension or renewal terms.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
League Football EducationNORTHAMPTON TOWN FC COMMUNITY TRUSTNorthampton Town FC Community Trusteducation deliverytraining servicesEast MidlandsContracts Finder
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who received the League Football Education award?
The verified legal supplier is NORTHAMPTON TOWN FC COMMUNITY TRUST, company number 04141812.
What is the stated award value?
The award record states £278,800 GBP.
What period is stated for the award?
The award record states 1 September 2026 to 31 July 2027. The supplied notice does not explicitly state that the contract was signed.
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.