AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
West Lancashire Borough Council has published a pending award for the supply and installation of carpets and vinyl flooring. The proposed supplier is SKELMERSDALE CARPETS & FLOORING LTD. The award remains subject to standstill and a future signature milestone, so it should not be treated as a signed or active contract.
Published outcomePending award to SKELMERSDALE CARPETS & FLOORING LTD for lot 1, with a stated net award value of £600,000.
Market significanceThis is an above-threshold open-procedure goods procurement with a proposed core term of about three years and up to two additional 12-month extensions.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
SKELMERSDALE CARPETS & FLOORING LTD
97% confidenceAward 1; 2 · Lots 1 · £600,000 net stated for the pending award; not separately allocated between duplicated award records GBP · Verified proposed supplier; pending award
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Both supplied award records identify the same supplier for lot 1. Company number 09557334 was verified by company-number match. The underlying award reports amount £600,000 and amountGross £720,000.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceContract award notice published; award status is pending
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The notice is described as a Contract award notice on Find a Tender; award 2 has status "pending".
Standstill period
99% confidenceScheduled to end 30 October 2026
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Award standstillPeriod.endDate is 2026-10-30T23:59:59Z.
Future signature milestone
99% confidenceScheduled for 2 November 2026
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Award milestone type futureSignatureDate has dueDate 2026-11-02T23:59:59Z and status scheduled.
Contract status
99% confidenceNot evidenced as signed or active
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The award is pending and the signature date is a future scheduled milestone.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£600,000 net; £720,000 gross
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Award 2 value records amount 600000 and amountGross 720000 in GBP.
Published opportunity maximum
94% confidence£600,000
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Process value_max is 600000 GBP.
Value attribution
95% confidenceValue applies to the pending award for lot 1; duplicated supplied award records prevent treating them as separate awards or values
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Awards 1 and 2 each show £600,000, the same date, pending status and lot 1; the detailed OCDS award is id 2.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender notice published
99% confidence16 July 2026
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Release history lists tender notice 067073-2026 released on 2026-07-16.
Submission deadline
99% confidence13 August 2026, 14:00 BST
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Process submission_deadline is 2026-08-13T14:00:00+01:00.
Award decision date
99% confidence5 October 2026
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Award date is 2026-10-05T00:00:00+01:00.
Latest award notice published
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Award notice document 099116-2026 has datePublished 2026-10-20T15:18:20+01:00.
Planned contract period
98% confidence9 November 2026 to 8 November 2029
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Award contractPeriod gives startDate 2026-11-09 and endDate 2029-11-08.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceSupply and installation of carpets and vinyl flooring for West Lancashire Borough Council
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Process title and description state this requirement.
Lot structure
99% confidenceOne published lot (lot 1)
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Tender details list one lot with id 1; the award relates to lot 1.
Category
98% confidenceGoods; carpets classification published
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Process main_category is goods; award item CPV 39531000 is Carpets.
Delivery area
96% confidenceUKD47, the buyer's region
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Award delivery address specifies region UKD47; buyer address is in Ormskirk, UKD47.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen procedure
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Process procurement_method is open and procurement_method_details is Open procedure.
Threshold
99% confidenceAbove threshold
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Award aboveThreshold is true.
Competition information
99% confidenceNumber of tenders, bidder identities and evaluation results not supplied
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No bid-count, scoring or evaluation-result fields are included in the supplied notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Core term
98% confidencePlanned 9 November 2026 to 8 November 2029
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Award contractPeriod startDate and endDate.
Extension option
99% confidenceUp to two 12-month extensions; maximum extent to 8 November 2031
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Award hasRenewal is true, renewal description is "2 x 12 months", and maxExtentDate is 2031-11-08.
Renewal decision
99% confidenceNot stated
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The notice confirms an option but gives no decision or exercise status.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award maturity
99% confidenceThe proposed supplier should be viewed as a pending awardee rather than a contracted provider until signature or later contract evidence is published.
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Pending award status, standstill end date and scheduled future signature milestone.
Commercial scale
97% confidenceThe notice states a £600,000 net award value for the single published lot, with £720,000 gross also recorded.
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Award value data and one-lot structure.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Duplicate award representation
98% confidenceTwo supplied award records repeat the same pending date, value, supplier and lot; the detailed source award is id 2. They are not treated as separate awards.
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Top-level awards 1 and 2 are both pending, dated 5 October 2026, valued at £600,000 and linked to lot 1; details_json awards contains id 2.
Lifecycle clarification
99% confidenceThe source calls this a contract award notice but identifies the award as pending and signature as future; this analysis does not state that a contract has been signed.
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Award status pending and scheduled futureSignatureDate.
Information not supplied in the published notice
99% confidenceLot title, lot description, individual pricing, tender count, bid scores, evaluation rationale and signed-contract confirmation are not supplied.
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These fields are absent or null in the supplied data.
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceSupplier identity is verified by supplied company-number match; no source-name mismatch is reported.
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supplier_identity_status is verified, match_method is company_number, and supplier_name_mismatch is false.
Date inconsistency
1% confidenceThe renewal maximum end date supports 8 November 2031, but one source-derived field in this analysis is erroneous and should be disregarded.
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Award maxExtentDate is 2031-11-08.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The award remains pending; the supplied notice does not evidence a signed or active contract.
- Two supplied top-level award records duplicate the same supplier, lot, date and £600,000 value, making separate-award treatment unsupported.
- Lot title and detailed scope, tender volumes, evaluation results, pricing breakdown and signed-contract documentation were not supplied.
- The planned dates and extension option are published intentions and may change before signature or during delivery.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
West Lancashire Borough CouncilSKELMERSDALE CARPETS & FLOORING LTDcarpetsvinyl flooringflooring installationpending contract awardFind a Tender
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is the proposed supplier?
The pending award identifies SKELMERSDALE CARPETS & FLOORING LTD (company number 09557334).
Has the flooring contract been signed?
No signed contract is evidenced in the supplied data. The award is pending, with standstill ending on 30 October 2026 and signature scheduled for 2 November 2026.
What is the stated award value?
The detailed award records £600,000 net and £720,000 gross.
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.