AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Wigan Council awarded a direct, below-threshold contract without competition to PRECISION RESOURCE GROUP LIMITED for additional educational psychology capacity. The published contract is signed and active from 8 October 2026 to 7 April 2027, supporting completion of 220 Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments.
Published outcomeOne active award and one active signed contract were published for PRECISION RESOURCE GROUP LIMITED. The contract gross value is £308,000.
Market significanceThis is a short-term local-authority capacity purchase in educational psychology/EHC assessment support, procured under the light-touch regime without competition.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
PRECISION RESOURCE GROUP LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 308000 GBP · Active award; active signed contract
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Award 1 names supplier GB-COH-09573050; the supplied supplier-verification record confirms PRECISION RESOURCE GROUP LIMITED, company number 09573050. Contract 1 is linked to award 1 and has gross value £308,000.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published award status
99% confidenceActive award
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Award 1 is recorded with status 'active'.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive signed contract
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Contract 1 has status 'active' and dateSigned of 2026-10-08.
Procurement status
98% confidenceComplete
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Tender PA141 and lot 1 are both marked 'complete'.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract gross value
99% confidence£308,000
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 308000 GBP.
Value allocation
98% confidenceThe published £308,000 contract value is associated with the single award and supplier.
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There is one award, one supplier and one contract linked by awardID 1.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award date
98% confidence7 October 2026
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Award 1 award_date is 2026-10-07.
Contract signed
99% confidence8 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-08.
Contract start
99% confidence8 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-10-08.
Contract end
99% confidence7 April 2027
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2027-04-07.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Document 097654-2026 datePublished is 2026-10-15.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceAdditional educational psychology capacity for Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments.
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The tender description states that the Local Authority is commissioning additional Educational Psychology capacity.
Output stated by buyer
99% confidenceSupport completion of 220 Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments.
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The tender description specifies completion of 220 assessments.
Service category
98% confidenceEducation and training services (CPV 80000000).
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Award item 1 lists CPV 80000000, Education and training services.
Delivery area
96% confidenceGreater Manchester area (UKD3), United Kingdom.
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Award item delivery address is region UKD3, United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect procurement
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Tender PA141 lists procurementMethod as 'direct'.
Competition approach
99% confidenceBelow threshold - without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states 'Below threshold - without competition'.
Regime
98% confidenceLight-touch regime
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Tender specialRegime lists 'lightTouch'.
Published competition information
99% confidenceNo bidder count, evaluation results or award rationale was supplied in the published data.
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The supplied record contains no bid, score, evaluation or rationale fields.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence8 October 2026 to 7 April 2027.
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Contract 1 period runs from 2026-10-08 to 2027-04-07.
Signed date
99% confidence8 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-08.
Extensions or options
99% confidenceUnknown; no extension or option terms were supplied.
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No extension, option or renewal terms appear in the supplied contract data.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Capacity intervention
99% confidenceThe requirement is framed as additional capacity to meet statutory requirements for EHC needs assessments.
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The tender description says the capacity is intended to ensure statutory requirements are achieved.
Indicative contract intensity
95% confidenceThe published gross value equates to approximately £1,400 per stated assessment if the full £308,000 is compared with 220 assessments; this is a simple arithmetic indicator, not a unit-price disclosure.
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Contract gross value is £308,000 and the description states 220 assessments.
Route-to-market signal
99% confidenceThe buyer used a direct, below-threshold route without competition for this requirement.
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Tender procurement method is direct and details state 'Below threshold - without competition'.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Publication basis
99% confidenceAnalysis is based on a Contract details notice on Find a Tender and its supplied structured data.
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Document 097654-2026 is described as a Contract details notice on Find a Tender.
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified legal supplier identity.
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Supplier identity was verified by company number 09573050; no name mismatch is flagged.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
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The supplied lot record contains null title, description and value fields.
Information not supplied in the published notice
99% confidenceNo bid count, tender submissions, scoring, evaluation rationale, pricing breakdown, extension terms or individual lot pricing was supplied.
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These fields are absent from the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Lot 1 is identified but no lot title, description or separately allocated value was supplied.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bidder count, bid prices, evaluation methodology, scores, award rationale and savings.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: extension, option and renewal provisions.
- The notice states an intended output of 220 assessments but does not provide service-level measures, delivery milestones or a pricing breakdown.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Wigan CouncilPRECISION RESOURCE GROUP LIMITEDeducational psychologyEHC needs assessmentsEducation Health and Care Needs Assessmentspublic procurementFind a Tender
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Wigan Council's educational psychology capacity contract?
PRECISION RESOURCE GROUP LIMITED, verified by company number 09573050.
What is the contract value?
The published gross contract value is £308,000.
When does the contract run?
The signed contract runs from 8 October 2026 to 7 April 2027.
Was the opportunity competed?
The notice records a direct, below-threshold procurement without competition.
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