AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded and signed a short personal leadership training contract for 11 Clinical Support Services Division staff to GHERKIN ASSOCIATES LTD.
Published outcomeOne active award, linked to lot 1, names GHERKIN ASSOCIATES LTD. as supplier. The published contract record is active and gives a signed date of 2 October 2026.
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold, short-duration NHS training-services engagement with a published net value of £10,335 and gross value of £12,402.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
GHERKIN ASSOCIATES LTD.
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £10,335 net / £12,402 gross shared contract value GBP · Verified legal supplier; active award and contract
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Award 1 names supplier GB-COH-13140712. Supplier verification matched company number 13140712 to GHERKIN ASSOCIATES LTD. Contract 1, linked to award 1, states £10,335 amount and £12,402 amountGross.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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Published document description: "Contract details notice on Find a Tender".
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status "active".
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 has status "active".
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned on 2 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned: 2026-10-02T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract period
99% confidence5 October 2026 to 4 November 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate: 2026-10-05; endDate: 2026-11-04.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published contract value, excluding VAT
99% confidence£10,335
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Contract 1 value.amount: 10335; currency: GBP.
Published contract value, including VAT
99% confidence£12,402
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Contract 1 value.amountGross: 12402; currency: GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence2 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned: 2026-10-02T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract start
99% confidence5 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate: 2026-10-05T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract end
99% confidence4 November 2026
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Contract 1 period.endDate: 2026-11-04T23:59:59Z.
Notice published
99% confidence8 October 2026
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Notice published_at: 2026-10-08T16:52:07+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidencePersonal Leadership Programme for 11 staff members in the Clinical Support Services Division
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Published opportunity description.
Service classification
99% confidencePersonal development training services (CPV 80570000)
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Award item additional classification: CPV 80570000.
Delivery region
95% confidenceNorth West England (UKD)
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Award item delivery address region: UKD.
Lot structure
99% confidenceOne published lot (lot 1)
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Tender lists lot 1; award 1 is related to lot 1.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement route
99% confidenceBelow threshold - unknown
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Tender procurementMethodDetails: "Below threshold - unknown"; contract aboveThreshold: false.
Competition information
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information on tenderers, bid count, evaluation and award rationale was not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract duration
98% confidenceApproximately one month
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Published period runs from 5 October 2026 to 4 November 2026.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension or renewal terms were supplied in the published contract data.
VAT presentation
99% confidenceBoth net and gross values published
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Contract value contains amount £10,335 and amountGross £12,402.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Engagement profile
97% confidenceA focused leadership-development purchase for a defined cohort of 11 staff.
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The description specifies a Personal Leadership Programme for 11 Clinical Support Services Division staff.
Commercial scale
98% confidencePublished net contract value is £10,335 for an approximately one-month term.
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Contract value.amount is £10,335 and the published period runs 5 October to 4 November 2026.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award-level value allocation
99% confidenceNo award or lot value is published; the contract-level value is linked to the sole award and has been reported as a shared contract value rather than a separately allocated award or lot value.
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Award 1 and lot 1 have no value; contract 1 is linked to award 1 and supplies the value.
Competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No tenderer count, scoring, evaluation results or award rationale is present in the supplied data.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title or description.
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Lot 1 title and description are null.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Information not supplied in the published notice: procurement method beyond the stated below-threshold classification, bid count, tenderer identities, evaluation criteria, scores, award rationale and pricing breakdown.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
- No extension, renewal or reprocurement terms are published. The end-of-term point is an estimate based only on the stated contract end date.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
GHERKIN ASSOCIATES LTD.Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustPersonal Leadership Programmepersonal development training servicesNHS contractleadership training
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Personal Leadership Programme contract?
GHERKIN ASSOCIATES LTD., verified against company number 13140712, is named as the supplier for award 1.
What is the contract value?
The published contract value is £10,335 excluding VAT and £12,402 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
The published contract period runs from 5 October 2026 to 4 November 2026.
Was the contract signed?
Yes. The contract record explicitly gives a signed date of 2 October 2026.
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.