AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Consortium Trust has published active contract records for agency teacher and education-staff recruitment under a below-threshold framework award. The supplied contract data explicitly records signed contracts for award 15 (shared by GRADE A RECRUITMENT LIMITED and ATHONA EDUCATION LIMITED) and award 16 (VALUE MATCH SERVICES LTD).
Published outcomeTwo active contract records are detailed: award/contract 15, valued at £1.5m excluding VAT (£1.8m including VAT), is shared by GRADE A RECRUITMENT LIMITED and ATHONA EDUCATION LIMITED; award/contract 16, valued at £150,000 excluding VAT (£180,000 including VAT), is for VALUE MATCH SERVICES LTD. The stated contract data also lists TEACH LTD and TEACHWELL LTD under awards 13 and 14, but provides no corresponding award detail or contract record for them in the supplied release.
Market significanceThe published contract values total £1.65m excluding VAT (£1.98m including VAT) across contracts 15 and 16. The £1.5m value for contract 15 is shared and cannot be apportioned between its two suppliers from the supplied data.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
5 supplier records analysed
GRADE A RECRUITMENT LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 15 · Lots 1 · Shared contract value: £1,500,000 excluding VAT (£1,800,000 including VAT); no supplier allocation published GBP · active
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Award 15 names GRADE A RECRUITMENT LIMITED and contract 15 is linked to award 15.
ATHONA EDUCATION LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 15 · Lots 1 · Shared contract value: £1,500,000 excluding VAT (£1,800,000 including VAT); no supplier allocation published GBP · active
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Award 15 names ATHONA EDUCATION LIMITED and contract 15 is linked to award 15.
VALUE MATCH SERVICES LTD
99% confidenceAward 16 · Lots 1 · £150,000 excluding VAT (£180,000 including VAT) GBP · active
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Award 16 names VALUE MATCH SERVICES LTD; linked contract 16 states these values.
TEACH LTD
75% confidenceAward 13 · Lots 1 · Unknown Unknown · active
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Suppliers data links TEACH LTD to active award 13, but no corresponding award detail or contract record is supplied.
TEACHWELL LTD
75% confidenceAward 14 · Lots 1 · Unknown Unknown · active
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Suppliers data links TEACHWELL LTD to active award 14, but no corresponding award detail or contract record is supplied.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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Process notice type and contract document 098048-2026.
Procurement status
98% confidenceComplete; contracts 15 and 16 are active
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Tender status is "complete"; contracts 15 and 16 each have status "active".
Contract conclusion
99% confidenceSigned contracts explicitly recorded
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Contracts 15 and 16 each include a dateSigned field and contractSigned documents.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract 15 value
99% confidence£1,500,000 excluding VAT; £1,800,000 including VAT
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Contract 15 value.amount is 1500000 and amountGross is 1800000 GBP.
Contract 16 value
99% confidence£150,000 excluding VAT; £180,000 including VAT
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Contract 16 value.amount is 150000 and amountGross is 180000 GBP.
Total of detailed contracts
99% confidence£1,650,000 excluding VAT; £1,980,000 including VAT
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Arithmetic sum of supplied values for contracts 15 and 16 only.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract 15 signed and started
99% confidence1 September 2026
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Contract 15 dateSigned and period.startDate are 2026-09-01.
Contract 15 end
99% confidence31 July 2029
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Contract 15 period.endDate is 2029-07-31.
Contract 16 signed and started
99% confidence6 October 2026
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Contract 16 dateSigned and period.startDate are 2026-10-06.
Contract 16 end
99% confidence31 July 2027
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Contract 16 period.endDate is 2027-07-31.
Latest supplied notice publication
99% confidence16 October 2026
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Document 098048-2026 and source_updated_at are dated 2026-10-16.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceSupply of agency teachers, education staff and recruitment services
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Process title and description.
Service classification
99% confidenceCPV 79620000 — Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
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Items for awards 15 and 16.
Lot structure
95% confidenceOne lot (lot 1); no title or description published
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Tender lots contains lot 1; supplied lot record has no title or description.
Delivery coverage
99% confidenceEnglish regions UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ and UKK for awards 15 and 16
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Delivery addresses listed in items for both awards.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceSelective; below-threshold award under a framework
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Tender procurementMethod is "selective" and procurementMethodDetails states "Below threshold - award under framework".
Competition
98% confidenceNot competitive in the supplied tender data
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Tender competitive field is false.
Regime
98% confidenceLight-touch regime
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Tender specialRegime lists "lightTouch".
Framework reference
98% confidenceRelated framework process: ocds-h6vhtk-050236
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relatedProcesses identifies this OCID with relationship "framework".
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract 15 term
99% confidence1 September 2026 to 31 July 2029
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Contract 15 period.
Contract 16 term
99% confidence6 October 2026 to 31 July 2027
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Contract 16 period.
Threshold status
99% confidenceBoth detailed contracts are stated as below threshold
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aboveThreshold is false for contracts 15 and 16.
Extensions and options
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension or option terms are supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Multi-supplier arrangement
99% confidenceContract 15 names two suppliers for the same lot, while contract 16 names one supplier for that lot.
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Awards 15 and 16 both relate to lot 1; award 15 has two suppliers and award 16 has one.
Value attribution
99% confidenceThe larger contract 15 value is a shared contract value, not an individual supplier value.
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Contract 15 has a single value and award 15 identifies two suppliers; no allocation is published.
Rate-card material
94% confidenceA document titled "Education East Contract and rate card" is linked to contract 16, but its commercial content is not supplied.
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Contract 16 document A-24225.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award/contract record mismatch
99% confidenceAwards 13 and 14 are active in the supplied award and supplier datasets, but the detailed OCDS release contains awards and contracts only for 15 and 16.
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Top-level awards and suppliers versus details_json awards and contracts.
Unallocated shared value
99% confidenceContract 15's value cannot safely be attributed between GRADE A RECRUITMENT LIMITED and ATHONA EDUCATION LIMITED.
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One contract value is supplied for award 15, which lists two suppliers; no breakdown is provided.
Missing published commercial detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: award dates, values and contract periods for awards 13 and 14; lot title; lot description; evaluation details; bid counts; and extension terms.
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Relevant fields are null or absent in the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Awards 13 and 14 are listed as active with verified suppliers TEACH LTD and TEACHWELL LTD, but their detailed award records, contract records, values, signing dates and terms are not supplied.
- Contract 15's value is shared between two suppliers; individual allocations are unknown.
- Lot 1 has no published title or description.
- No bid counts, evaluation outcomes, pricing breakdowns, award dates or extension/renewal options are supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Consortium Trustsupply teacher recruitmentagency teachersGRADE A RECRUITMENT LIMITEDATHONA EDUCATION LIMITEDVALUE MATCH SERVICES LTDTEACH LTDTEACHWELL LTD
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Consortium Trust's supply teacher and education recruitment contracts?
The detailed contract records name GRADE A RECRUITMENT LIMITED and ATHONA EDUCATION LIMITED on shared contract 15, and VALUE MATCH SERVICES LTD on contract 16. The supplied supplier dataset also links TEACH LTD and TEACHWELL LTD to awards 13 and 14, respectively, but no corresponding detailed contract records are supplied.
What is the value of the contracts?
Contract 15 is £1.5m excluding VAT (£1.8m including VAT), shared by two suppliers with no published allocation. Contract 16 is £150,000 excluding VAT (£180,000 including VAT).
When do the detailed contracts end?
Contract 16 ends on 31 July 2027 and contract 15 ends on 31 July 2029.
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