AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
League Football Education published an award notice naming Blackpool & the Fylde College as supplier for delivery of BTEC Level 3 Sport education to 16–18-year-old apprentices in professional development phase football academies.
Published outcomeThe notice records one active award, dated 1 September 2026, valued at £102,168. The published award data gives a contract period from 4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027; signing is not evidenced.
Market significanceThis is a specialist education-services requirement procured through a negotiated procedure without prior publication. The published award value is modest, but the notice provides no competition, evaluation or pricing detail.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Blackpool & the Fylde College
98% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-68576332-8788-42ae-830f-a21b0142aa79-2 · 102168 GBP · active
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The award names 'Blackpool & the Fylde College' as its sole supplier and records an award value of £102,168.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice published 15 October 2026
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Award document datePublished: 2026-10-15T14:03:51+01:00.
Award status
99% confidenceActive award
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Award ocds-b5fd17-68576332-8788-42ae-830f-a21b0142aa79-2 has status 'active'.
Award date
99% confidence1 September 2026
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Award date: 2026-09-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract execution
98% confidenceUnknown; no signed-contract evidence supplied
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The supplied record is an award notice and does not provide a signature or contract-execution field.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£102,168
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Award value.amount: 102168; currency: GBP.
Tender-level value
98% confidence£77,760
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The tender object records value.amount: 77760 GBP.
Value interpretation
99% confidenceConflicting published values; no reconciliation supplied
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The tender-level value (£77,760) differs from the award-level value (£102,168).
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award contract period
99% confidence4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027
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Award contractPeriod.startDate: 2026-09-04; endDate: 2027-06-27.
Tender deadline
98% confidence1 September 2023, 17:00 BST
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Tender tenderPeriod.endDate: 2023-09-01T17:00:00+01:00.
Tender-level contract period
98% confidence4 September 2023 to 27 June 2025
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Tender contractPeriod records startDate 2023-09-04 and endDate 2025-06-27.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceDelivery of BTEC Level 3 in Sport (Performance and Excellence)
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Published description states that the service is 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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Tender classification: CPV 80400000.
Delivery location
97% confidenceFY2 0HB
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Tender item deliveryAddresses lists postal code FY2 0HB.
Lots
99% confidenceNo lot allocation published
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No lots are supplied and the award has no lot identifiers.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceLimited procedure: negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
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Tender procurementMethod is 'limited' and procurementMethodDetails states 'Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)'.
Competition and evaluation
99% confidenceNot published
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Information on bids received, bidders, evaluation, scoring and award rationale is not supplied in the published notice data.
SME suitability flag
97% confidenceMarked suitable for SMEs
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Tender suitability.sme is true.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Published award term
99% confidence4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027
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Award contractPeriod provides these dates.
Extensions, options and pricing structure
99% confidenceNot published
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No extension, option, pricing-breakdown or payment-term data is supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
98% confidenceSingle published supplier and single published award
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One award is supplied and it names one supplier; no lots are published.
Value allocation
98% confidence£102,168 is published at award level
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The award contains one named supplier and an award-level value of £102,168.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Date inconsistency
99% confidenceAward and tender timelines conflict
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The award is dated 2026 with a 2026–2027 period, while tender-level fields show a 2023 deadline and a 2023–2025 contract period.
Value inconsistency
99% confidenceTender and award values differ
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Tender value is £77,760; award value is £102,168.
Supplier verification limitation
99% confidencePublished supplier name could not be safely matched to a Companies House company
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Supplier verification completed with status 'checked_unmatched'; verified company name and number are null.
Unpublished information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, evaluation detail, signed-contract evidence, lot allocation, extension terms or pricing breakdown is supplied.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source contains unresolved timeline conflicts: tender-level fields show a 2023–2025 period, whereas the award shows a 2026–2027 period.
- The tender-level value (£77,760) conflicts with the award-level value (£102,168); no explanation is supplied.
- The supplier verification workflow completed without finding a safe Companies House match, so the published supplier name is unverified.
- Information not supplied in the published notice includes bid counts, evaluation and award rationale, signed-contract evidence, lot allocation, extensions, options and pricing detail.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
League Football EducationBlackpool & the Fylde CollegeBTEC Level 3 Sporteducation servicesContracts Finder award
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named as supplier?
The award names Blackpool & the Fylde College. Its company identity could not be safely matched in the supplied verification workflow.
What is the published award value?
The award-level value is £102,168. A separate tender-level field states £77,760, so the source values conflict.
Is there evidence that the contract was signed?
No. The supplied data is an award notice and does not provide signed-contract evidence.
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