AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
League Football Education published an awarded contract notice for delivery of BTEC Level 3 Sport education to 16–18-year-old apprentices in football-club academies. The notice names Wigan & Leigh College as supplier and reports an active award worth £37,104. The published record contains conflicting contract-period dates, so the operative term cannot be determined from the supplied evidence.
Published outcomeAward notice published; award status is active. The source does not explicitly evidence a signed contract.
Market significanceA small, specialised education-services award delivered through a negotiated procedure without prior publication.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Wigan & Leigh College
94% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-b15f263e-d26a-4211-8b35-7828f5416cdb-2 · 37104 GBP · Active award
View supporting evidence
The award identifies supplier “Wigan & Leigh College”, has active status, and records value £37,104. No lots are supplied.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
View supporting evidence
Document description and process notice type state “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
View supporting evidence
Award ocds-b5fd17-b15f263e-d26a-4211-8b35-7828f5416cdb-2 has status “active”.
Award date
98% confidence1 September 2026
View supporting evidence
Award record date: 2026-09-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract conclusion/signature
99% confidenceUnknown; not explicitly evidenced
View supporting evidence
The supplied record is an award notice and does not provide a signature or contract-conclusion field.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£37,104
View supporting evidence
Award value is 37104 GBP.
Value allocation
91% confidenceAllocated to the single named award supplier in the award record
View supporting evidence
The sole award lists Wigan & Leigh College as its only supplier and records £37,104.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award date
98% confidence1 September 2026
View supporting evidence
Award date: 2026-09-01.
Award notice publication
99% confidence15 October 2026
View supporting evidence
Award notice document datePublished: 2026-10-15T13:31:00+01:00.
Award-level reported contract period
97% confidence4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027
View supporting evidence
The award record contractPeriod states 2026-09-04 to 2027-06-27.
Tender-level reported contract period
97% confidence4 September 2023 to 27 June 2025
View supporting evidence
The tender contractPeriod states 2023-09-04 to 2025-06-27.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service requirement
99% confidenceDelivery of BTEC Level 3 in Sport (Performance and Excellence)
View supporting evidence
Process description specifies delivery of this qualification.
Target learners
99% confidence16–18-year-old apprentices in the professional development phase academy at local football clubs
View supporting evidence
Process description states this learner group and setting.
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 80400000 — Adult and other education services
View supporting evidence
Primary CPV classification supplied as 80400000.
Delivery location
94% confidenceWN1 1RS
View supporting evidence
Tender item delivery address lists postal code WN1 1RS.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceLimited
View supporting evidence
Process and tender procurementMethod are “limited”.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceNegotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
View supporting evidence
Tender procurementMethodDetails states this procedure.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
View supporting evidence
No bidder count, competing suppliers, scores or evaluation results are included in the supplied data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Reported award-level term
97% confidence4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027
View supporting evidence
Award contractPeriod provides these dates.
Extensions and renewal options
99% confidenceUnknown
View supporting evidence
No extension or renewal-option terms are supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Market profile
95% confidenceSpecialist education delivery for academy-based football apprentices
View supporting evidence
The requirement is delivery of a named Level 3 sport qualification to apprentices within local football-club academies.
Commercial scale
99% confidence£37,104 reported award value
View supporting evidence
The award record states 37104 GBP.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Conflicting contract periods
99% confidenceThe tender-level period is 4 September 2023–27 June 2025, while the award-level period is 4 September 2026–27 June 2027; the supplied notice does not explain the discrepancy.
View supporting evidence
Tender and award contractPeriod fields contain different years and dates.
Supplier identity verification
99% confidenceWigan & Leigh College is a checked-unmatched, unverified source name; no safe Companies House match, verified legal name, or company number was supplied.
View supporting evidence
supplier_identity_status is checked_unmatched; verified_company_name and verified_company_number are null.
Information not supplied in the published notice
99% confidenceNo lot titles, bid count, evaluation results, pricing breakdown, contract signature evidence, or renewal-option terms are supplied.
View supporting evidence
These fields are absent from the supplied award, tender and lot data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The tender-level and award-level contract periods conflict, and no source explanation establishes which period is operative.
- The named supplier is checked_unmatched and therefore not Companies House-verified in the supplied data.
- Information on lots, competition, evaluation, pricing, signature, and extension or renewal options was not supplied in the published notice.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
League Football EducationWigan & Leigh CollegeBTEC Level 3 Sporteducation servicesContracts Finder award£37,104
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is named as the supplier?
The award names Wigan & Leigh College. The supplied supplier-identity check did not find a safe verified company match, so this remains an unverified source name.
What is the reported award value?
£37,104.
Is there evidence that the contract was signed?
No. The supplied data is an award notice and does not explicitly evidence contract signature or conclusion.
When does the contract end?
The award record reports 27 June 2027, but the tender record instead reports 27 June 2025; the discrepancy is unresolved.
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.