AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
League Football Education published an award notice naming Loughborough College for delivery of BTEC Level 3 Sport education to 16–18-year-old apprentices in football-club professional development phase academies. The published award value is £47,520 and the award record states a 4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027 period.
Published outcomeAward announced to Loughborough College under a limited, negotiated procedure without prior publication. The record marks the award as active, but does not explicitly evidence contract signature.
Market significanceA specialist education-services award in the football academy apprenticeship market, with a published award value of £47,520.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Loughborough College
95% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-95dcd90e-f2b3-447b-aabc-7c8acbff45b8-2 · 47520 GBP · Awarded supplier; award record active
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The award names "Loughborough College" as supplier and states a value of GBP 47,520.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
98% confidenceAwarded contract notice; award status recorded as active
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Process display status is "awarded" and the award status is "active".
Award decision date
98% confidence1 September 2026
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Award record date: 2026-09-01.
Notice publication date
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Award notice document and release datePublished: 2026-10-15.
Contract signature
99% confidenceUnknown
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No explicit signature or conclusion date is supplied.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
99% confidence£47,520
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Award value: 47520 GBP.
Conflicting tender-level value
99% confidence£57,600
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The process/tender value is 57600 GBP, differing from the award value.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award date
98% confidence1 September 2026
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Award record date: 2026-09-01.
Stated award contract period
98% confidence4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027
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Award contractPeriod startDate and endDate.
Tender deadline recorded in source
98% confidence1 September 2023, 17:00 BST
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Tender tenderPeriod endDate: 2023-09-01T17:00:00+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service
99% confidenceDelivery of BTEC Level 3 in Sport (Performance and Excellence)
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Published opportunity description.
Beneficiaries
98% confidence16–18-year-old apprentices in professional development phase academies at local football clubs
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Published opportunity description.
Category
99% confidenceAdult and other education services (CPV 80400000)
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Tender classification.
Delivery location
95% confidenceLE11 3BT
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Tender item delivery address.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceLimited
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Tender procurementMethod: limited.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceNegotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
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Tender procurementMethodDetails.
Competition information
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information on bidders, tenders received and evaluation is not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Stated period
98% confidence4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027
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Award contractPeriod.
Extension or renewal options
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award-value variance
99% confidenceThe published award value (£47,520) is £10,080 lower than the tender-level value (£57,600).
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Tender value is 57600 GBP; award value is 47520 GBP.
Route to market
90% confidenceThe stated negotiated procedure without prior publication limits visibility of open-market competition from this notice alone.
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Procedure detail is "Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)"; bidder information is not supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Material date inconsistency
99% confidenceThe process-level dates state a 2023–2025 contract period, while the active award states a 2026–2027 period.
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Process contract dates are 2023-09-04 to 2025-06-27; award contract dates are 2026-09-04 to 2027-06-27.
Supplier verification limitation
99% confidenceLoughborough College was checked but no safe Companies House match was found; the published supplier name remains unverified.
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supplier_identity_status is checked_unmatched; verified company name and number are null.
Unpublished procurement detail
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes bid counts, evaluation, award rationale, pricing breakdown and extension terms.
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No such fields are provided in the source data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source contains unresolved conflicting process-level and award-level contract dates and values; this analysis does not select the process-level period or value over the award record.
- The supplier name Loughborough College is unverified: the supplied Companies House workflow completed without a safe match.
- No explicit signed-contract evidence, bidder count, evaluation outcome, award rationale, lot allocation, pricing breakdown, or extension terms were supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
League Football EducationLoughborough CollegeBTEC Level 3 Sporteducation servicesfootball academy apprenticeships£47,520 contract award
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named in the award?
The award record names Loughborough College. The name is unverified because a safe Companies House match was not found in the supplied verification workflow.
What is the published award value?
£47,520. The source also contains a different tender-level value of £57,600.
When is the stated award period?
4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027, according to the award record.
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.