League Football Education education delivery award to Cambridge Regional College

Tender information last checkedLast checked 15 Oct 2026, 15:12.

Opportunity overview

Delivery of the BTEC Level 3 in Sport (Performance and Excellence) for the 16-18 year old apprentices that are part of the professional development phase academy at local football clubs.

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.

Cambridge Regional College

Match pending…

Published award value: £34.6k
Awarded: 31 Aug 2026
Award ID: ocds-b5fd17-71020eeb-f378-42d1-8997-adf653135d89-2
Status: active

Classification

CPV80400000 — Adult and other education services

Documents and notices

Awarded contract notice on Contracts FinderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

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

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 80400000
Description: Adult and other education services

Tender Period

Ends: 1 Sept 2023, 17:00

Contract period

Starts: 4 Sept 2023, 00:00
Ends: 27 Jun 2025, 23:59

Suitability

Sme: Yes
Vcse: No

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Postal Code: CB4 2QT

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-CFS-339235
Name: Cambridge Regional College

Identifier

Legal Name: Cambridge Regional College

Address

Street Address: Kings Hedges Road, Cambridge, CB4 2QT

Details

Scale: sme
Vcse: No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: ocds-b5fd17-71020eeb-f378-42d1-8997-adf653135d89-2
Status: active
Date: 1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Published: 15 Oct 2026, 13:58

Value

Amount: 34,560
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-CFS-339235
Name: Cambridge Regional College

Contract period

Starts: 4 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends: 27 Jun 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/eebf49c6-cd07-4e7c-814f-fc242e9b918c ↗
Published: 15 Oct 2026, 13:58
Format: text/html
Language: en

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Preston · PR18HU · England
Delivery location · CB4 2QT

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

eebf49c6-cd07-4e7c-814f-fc242e9b918c-918018Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder · 15 Oct 2026, 13:58

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 published an award notice naming Cambridge Regional College for delivery of BTEC Level 3 Sport education to 16–18-year-old apprentices in professional football academy development programmes.

Published outcome signals

Notice statusAwarded contract notice published; award status activeEvidence: Process stage is "award" with display status "awarded"; award status is "active"; award notice published 15 October 2026.
Contract conclusion statusNot explicitly confirmed as signedEvidence: The supplied award record provides an active status and contract period but no explicit signature or contract-conclusion field.
ServiceDelivery of BTEC Level 3 in Sport (Performance and Excellence)Evidence: Opportunity description states this requirement.

86% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed5 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice reference: eebf49c6-cd07-4e7c-814f-fc242e9b918c-918018
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-71020eeb-f378-42d1-8997-adf653135d89
First published: 15 Oct 2026
Last checked: 15 Oct 2026, 15:12
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 17 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award is recorded, valued at £34,560 for 4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027. The notice is an award announcement; the supplied data does not explicitly confirm contract signature.

Market significance

This is a small, specialist education-services award using a negotiated procedure without prior publication.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

Cambridge Regional College

97% confidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-71020eeb-f378-42d1-8997-adf653135d89-2 · 34560 GBP · active award

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Award record names Cambridge Regional College as supplier and states £34,560.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice status

98% confidence

Awarded contract notice published; award status active

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Process stage is "award" with display status "awarded"; award status is "active"; award notice published 15 October 2026.

Contract conclusion status

95% confidence

Not explicitly confirmed as signed

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The supplied award record provides an active status and contract period but no explicit signature or contract-conclusion field.

VALUES

Published values explained

Award value

99% confidence

£34,560 GBP

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The award value is 34,560 GBP.

Earlier tender-level value

98% confidence

£28,800 GBP

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The tender object states a value of 28,800 GBP, differing from the £34,560 award value.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Award date

99% confidence

1 September 2026

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Award date is 2026-09-01.

Award notice publication

99% confidence

15 October 2026

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Award notice datePublished is 2026-10-15T13:58:53+01:00.

Award contract period

99% confidence

4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027

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The award contractPeriod gives these start and end dates.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Service

98% confidence

Delivery of BTEC Level 3 in Sport (Performance and Excellence)

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Opportunity description states this requirement.

Beneficiaries

98% confidence

16–18-year-old apprentices in professional development phase academies at local football clubs

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Opportunity description states this target group.

Primary classification

99% confidence

CPV 80400000 — Adult and other education services

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Primary classification record.

Delivery location

93% confidence

CB4 2QT

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Tender item delivery address and delivery-location record give postal code CB4 2QT.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Limited; negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)

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Tender procurementMethod and procurementMethodDetails state this.

Competition information

99% confidence

Number of bids and evaluation results unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice data.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Award period

99% confidence

4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027

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Award contractPeriod.

Extension or renewal terms

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice data.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Value discrepancy

98% confidence

The award value is £5,760 higher than the tender-level value shown in the source data.

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Tender value is £28,800; award value is £34,560.

Market route

90% confidence

The negotiated procedure without prior publication may offer limited visibility of competitive participation.

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The procedure is stated as negotiated without prior publication; bid data is not supplied.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

86%overall confidence

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

Reference: ocds-b5fd17-71020eeb-f378-42d1-8997-adf653135d89
Analysed: 17 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

League Football Education

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Process buyer_name and buyer party legal name identify League Football Education.

Buyer location

97% confidence

Preston, England (PR1 8HU)

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Buyer party address lists Preston, PR18HU, England.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Named supplier

92% confidence

Cambridge Regional College — identity unverified

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The award names Cambridge Regional College; supplier identity status is checked_unmatched after the Companies House workflow completed without a safe match.

Published supplier classification

88% confidence

SME

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Supplier party details state scale "sme".

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated end-date milestone

99% confidence

27 June 2027

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This is the explicit end date in the award contract period; it is an end-date estimate only, not a procurement forecast.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Supplier identity

99% confidence

Cambridge Regional College is an unverified supplier name

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Supplier identity status is checked_unmatched: the Companies House workflow completed without finding a safe company match.

Conflicting periods

99% confidence

The process-level period (4 September 2023 to 27 June 2025) conflicts with the award-level period (4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027).

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Both date ranges appear in the supplied source data.

Conflicting values

99% confidence

Tender-level value (£28,800) differs from award value (£34,560).

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Both values appear in the supplied source data.

Unpublished information

98% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice includes bid count, evaluation details, lot allocation, pricing breakdown and signature confirmation.

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No such fields are provided in the source data.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

Cambridge Regional College is a source-supplied, unverified supplier name: a completed Companies House workflow found no safe company match.
The source contains conflicting process-level dates (2023–2025) and award-level dates (2026–2027); this analysis does not select the earlier period as applicable to the recorded award.
The tender-level value (£28,800) conflicts with the award value (£34,560); no explanation is supplied.
No explicit contract signature or conclusion evidence is provided.
Bid count, evaluation results, individual pricing, lot allocation and extension terms were not supplied.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who was named in the award?

Cambridge Regional College was named as the supplier. Its identity remains unverified because the completed Companies House workflow did not find a safe company match.

What is the award value?

The award record states £34,560 GBP. The source also contains an earlier tender-level value of £28,800 GBP.

When is the award period?

The award record gives 4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027. This conflicts with an earlier process-level period in the source data.

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

Cambridge Regional College

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

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