AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
League Football Education published an award notice for delivery of BTEC Level 3 Sport (Performance and Excellence) education for 16–18-year-old apprentices in professional development phase football academies. The active award record names East Lancashire Learning Group and states a value of £52,320, but the supplier name remains unverified following an unsuccessful Companies House matching workflow.
Published outcomeAn award was published to East Lancashire Learning Group under a negotiated procedure without prior publication. The notice does not explicitly evidence that a contract was signed.
Market significanceThis is a specialist education-services requirement for academy-linked apprentices. The published records contain conflicting contract periods and values, so the precise commercial scope should be checked against the source notice before relying on it for market sizing.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
East Lancashire Learning Group
91% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-f31e384e-dcad-4ce3-a193-5487471f0198-2 · 52320 GBP · active
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The active award names “East Lancashire Learning Group” as supplier and gives an award value of £52,320.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice type
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
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The process and award document are labelled “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder.”
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-f31e384e-dcad-4ce3-a193-5487471f0198-2 has status “active.”
Award date
98% confidence1 September 2026
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The award record gives date 2026-09-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract signature
99% confidenceUnknown
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No explicit signature or concluded-contract field is supplied.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£52,320
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The award record states value.amount 52320, currency GBP.
Tender-level value
99% confidence£69,360
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The tender data states value.amount 69360, currency GBP.
Value interpretation
99% confidenceThe supplied tender-level and award-level values differ; neither is allocated to a lot because no lots are supplied.
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Tender value is £69,360 while the sole award value is £52,320; the lots dataset is empty.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award notice published
99% confidence15 October 2026
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The award document and process publication timestamp are 2026-10-15T13:50:06+01:00.
Award-record contract period
98% confidence4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027
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The award record contractPeriod is 2026-09-04 to 2027-06-27.
Tender-record contract period
98% confidence4 September 2023 to 27 June 2025
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The tender contractPeriod is 2023-09-04 to 2025-06-27.
Tender submission deadline
98% confidence1 September 2023, 17:00 BST
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The tenderPeriod endDate is 2023-09-01T17:00:00+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceDelivery of BTEC Level 3 in Sport (Performance and Excellence) education for 16–18-year-old apprentices in professional development phase academies at local football clubs.
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Process description and tender description.
Category
99% confidenceServices — Adult and other education services (CPV 80400000)
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Tender classification identifies CPV 80400000, “Adult and other education services.”
Delivery location
93% confidenceBB9 7YT
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Tender item delivery address lists postal code BB9 7YT.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceLimited; 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 information
99% confidenceUnknown
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No bidder count, tenderer list, evaluation scores or award rationale is supplied.
SME suitability
95% confidenceMarked suitable for SMEs
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Tender suitability.sme is true.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Award-record term
98% confidence4 September 2026 to 27 June 2027
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The award contractPeriod supplies these dates.
Extensions or options
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension, option or renewal terms are supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
97% confidenceSingle published award with no lot allocation supplied
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One award is supplied and the lots dataset is empty.
Value discrepancy
99% confidenceThe £52,320 award value is £17,040 lower than the £69,360 tender-level value.
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Supplied award and tender values are £52,320 and £69,360 respectively.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Conflicting dates
99% confidenceThe tender record gives a 2023–2025 contract period, while the active 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.
Supplier identity limitation
99% confidenceThe published supplier name is unverified: the Companies House workflow completed without a safe match.
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supplier_identity_status is checked_unmatched and lookupDecision is still_unmatched.
Unpublished information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes signature evidence, evaluation details, bid counts, lot titles, pricing breakdowns and extension terms.
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No such fields are provided in the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source contains conflicting tender-level and award-level contract periods; this analysis does not select one as the definitive historic term.
- The tender-level and award-level values differ, and no explanation or pricing breakdown is supplied.
- East Lancashire Learning Group is a source-published, unverified supplier name: a completed Companies House matching workflow found no safe match.
- No explicit contract signature evidence, evaluation rationale, bidder count, lot allocation, extension terms or renewal commitment is supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
League Football EducationEast Lancashire Learning GroupBTEC Level 3 Sporteducation servicesContracts Finder awardCPV 80400000
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named in the award?
East Lancashire Learning Group was named as supplier, although the supplied identity-checking workflow did not find a safe Companies House match.
What is the published award value?
The award record states £52,320. The tender record separately states £69,360, so the published values differ.
When does the award-record contract period end?
The award record gives 27 June 2027, although the tender record contains a conflicting 2025 end date.
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.