AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
League Football Education published an award notice for delivery of BTEC Level 3 Sport (Performance and Excellence) education to 16–18-year-old apprentices in professional-development-phase football academies. The published award names Burton & South Derbyshire College, but its legal identity has not been independently matched.
Published outcomeAn active award record names Burton & South Derbyshire College with an award value of £33,280 and a stated contract period from 4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027. The notice is evidence of an award, not explicit evidence that a contract was signed.
Market significanceThis is a small, specialist education-services award using a negotiated procedure without prior publication.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Burton & South Derbyshire College
95% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-35022565-ede8-4e74-8a46-245071669ac8-2 · 33280 GBP · active award
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The award record names "Burton & South Derbyshire College" as supplier and gives an award value of GBP 33,280.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
98% confidenceAwarded contract notice; source process marked complete and award marked active
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The process is labelled "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder" with source status "complete"; the award status is "active".
Contract conclusion
93% confidenceNot explicitly evidenced as signed
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The supplied record contains an active award and stated contract period but no explicit signature or contract-conclusion field.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
98% confidence£33,280 GBP
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Award ocds-b5fd17-35022565-ede8-4e74-8a46-245071669ac8-2 states value amount 33280, currency GBP.
Conflicting tender-level value
98% confidence£26,496 GBP
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The tender-level value is GBP 26,496, differing from the GBP 33,280 award value.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award date
98% confidence1 September 2026
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The award record date is 2026-09-01.
Award notice publication
98% confidence15 October 2026
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The award notice document and award datePublished are 2026-10-15.
Stated award contract start
98% confidence4 September 2026
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The award contractPeriod startDate is 2026-09-04.
Stated award contract end
98% confidence27 June 2027
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The award contractPeriod endDate is 2027-06-27.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
97% confidenceDelivery of BTEC Level 3 in Sport (Performance and Excellence)
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The published description specifies delivery for 16–18-year-old apprentices in professional development phase academies at local football clubs.
Category
99% confidenceAdult and other education services (CPV 80400000)
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The primary CPV classification is 80400000.
Delivery location
92% confidenceDE14 3RL
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The tender item lists delivery postal code DE14 3RL.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceLimited
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The tender procurementMethod is "limited".
Procedure detail
99% confidenceNegotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
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The tender procurementMethodDetails states this procedure.
Competition information
96% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, bidder list, evaluation scores or award rationale is provided.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Stated term
98% confidence4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027
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The award contractPeriod gives these dates.
Extension or renewal terms
96% confidenceUnknown
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No extension, option or renewal provision is supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Value interpretation
90% confidenceThe £33,280 figure is a shared award-level value only; with one named supplier it is reported as the award value, not as evidence of signed spend.
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The award contains one supplier and a GBP 33,280 value, but provides no contract signature or spend data.
Award timing observation
98% confidenceThe award date precedes publication of the award notice by about six weeks.
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The award is dated 2026-09-01 and published on 2026-10-15.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Conflicting dates and periods
99% confidenceThe tender-level record gives a 2023–2025 contract period, while the award record gives a 2026–2027 period.
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Tender contractPeriod is 2023-09-04 to 2025-06-27; award contractPeriod is 2026-09-04 to 2027-06-27.
Conflicting values
99% confidenceThe tender-level value (£26,496) conflicts with the award value (£33,280).
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Both values appear in the supplied source data.
Supplier verification limitation
99% confidenceThe Companies House matching workflow completed without a safe match. The named supplier is therefore unverified, not Companies House verified.
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supplier_identity_status is "checked_unmatched"; verified company name and number are null.
Unpublished award detail
97% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes bid counts, evaluation, pricing breakdown, lot allocation and explicit signature status.
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These fields are absent from the supplied award and tender records.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source contains unresolved conflicting tender-level and award-level contract periods and values; neither version has been selected as authoritative beyond reporting the award record separately.
- Burton & South Derbyshire College is a source-supplied name with a completed but unmatched identity check; no verified legal company name or company number is available.
- Information on bids, evaluation, award rationale, pricing, lot allocation, extensions and contract signature was not supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
League Football EducationBurton & South Derbyshire CollegeBTEC Level 3 Sporteducation servicesContracts Finder award80400000
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named in the League Football Education award?
The award record names Burton & South Derbyshire College. Its legal identity was not independently matched in the supplied verification data.
What is the published award value?
The award record states £33,280 GBP. A separate tender-level field states £26,496, so the source contains conflicting values.
When is the stated contract period?
The award record states 4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027. Separate tender-level dates conflict with this period.
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