AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Fife Council published an award/contract notice for modern apprenticeship and traineeship training delivery. The notice names Fife College as supplier and records a GBP 361,623 contract dated 19 February 2025. However, the only lot is marked cancelled while the award and contract are marked active, so the notice contains an unresolved status conflict.
Published outcomeThe published record identifies one award, 096349-2026-CFM0285-1, to Fife College for lot 1. The contract record is active and gives a contract value of GBP 361,623 and a dateSigned of 19 February 2025.
Market significanceThis is a public-to-public direct award for training services in Fife. No competition, bidder-count, pricing breakdown or term dates were published.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Fife College
87% confidenceAward 096349-2026-CFM0285-1 · Lots 1 · 361,623 GBP · Unverified supplier identity; award and contract shown as active
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The award names Fife College as supplier; the linked contract has a GBP 361,623 value. Supplier verification status is checked_unmatched.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice publication
99% confidence13 October 2026
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Notice published_at: 2026-10-13T09:09:14+01:00.
Award status
96% confidenceActive
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Award 096349-2026-CFM0285-1 has status active.
Contract status
96% confidenceActive
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Contract 096349-2026-CFM0285-1 has status active.
Lot status conflict
99% confidenceCancelled
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Lot 1 is marked cancelled, despite its related award and contract being marked active.
Contract date
99% confidence19 February 2025
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Contract dateSigned: 2025-02-19T00:00:00Z.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value
99% confidenceGBP 361,623
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Contract 096349-2026-CFM0285-1 value.amount is 361623 and currency is GBP.
Value allocation
93% confidenceReported for the linked contract; no separate lot-level value published
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The contract is linked to award 096349-2026-CFM0285-1 and lot 1; lot 1 has no published value.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract date
99% confidence19 February 2025
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Contract dateSigned: 2025-02-19T00:00:00Z.
Notice publication
99% confidence13 October 2026
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Notice published_at: 2026-10-13T09:09:14+01:00.
Start date
99% confidenceUnknown
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contract_start_at is null and no contract period is supplied.
End date
99% confidenceUnknown
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contract_end_at is null and no contract period is supplied.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceModern apprenticeship and traineeship training delivery
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Process title: CFM0285 Modern Apprentice & Traineeship Training Delivery; description: Provision of modern apprenticeship training.
Category
99% confidenceTraining services (CPV 80500000)
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Primary classification is CPV 80500000, Training services.
Delivery region
95% confidenceUKM72
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Item 1 delivery address region is UKM72.
Lot
98% confidenceLot 1: Public-to-public direct award with Fife College
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Lot 1 description states this wording; its title is not published.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceLimited procedure: award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
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procurementMethod is limited and procurementMethodDetails states award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition.
Rationale
98% confidencePublic-to-public contract awarded under stated extreme urgency for arrangements before students returned after summer
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Published procurementMethodRationale states this rationale.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot published
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No bidder count, tender submissions or evaluation outcome is supplied.
Published criteria
91% confidenceQuality 50; price 50
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Lot 1 awardCriteria lists Quality description 50 and price description 50.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Recorded contract value
99% confidenceGBP 361,623
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Contract value is 361623 GBP.
Recorded contract date
99% confidence19 February 2025
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Contract dateSigned is 2025-02-19.
Duration
99% confidenceUnknown
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No start date, end date or duration is supplied.
Options
98% confidenceNo options
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Lot 1 hasOptions is false.
Extensions or renewal terms
99% confidenceNot published
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No extension or renewal provisions are supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial route
98% confidenceDirect public-to-public award without prior competition publication
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The lot description and procedure details describe a public-to-public direct award; the procedure is without prior publication of a call for competition.
Value interpretation
95% confidenceGBP 361,623 is recorded against the contract linked to the sole award and lot; no pricing breakdown is published
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One contract is linked to award 096349-2026-CFM0285-1; the sole lot has no individual value or pricing data.
Status interpretation
99% confidenceActive contract and award fields should be treated cautiously because the related lot is cancelled
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Award and contract statuses are active, while lot 1 status is cancelled.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Status inconsistency
99% confidenceThe sole lot is cancelled, but the linked award and contract are active
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Lot 1 status is cancelled; award and contract 096349-2026-CFM0285-1 are active.
Supplier identity
99% confidenceFife College is an unverified source name: the matching workflow completed without a safe company match
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supplier_identity_status is checked_unmatched and lookupDecision is still_unmatched.
Contract dates
99% confidenceA contract date is published, but contract start and end dates are not supplied
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dateSigned is populated; contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null.
Competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, tenderer list, scores or detailed evaluation outcome is provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The sole lot is marked cancelled while the linked award and contract are marked active; the source does not resolve this conflict.
- Fife College has supplier_identity_status checked_unmatched. The Companies House matching workflow completed without finding a safe company match, so the supplier name is unverified.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: contract start date, end date, duration, extension terms and renewal terms.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bidder count, tender submissions, evaluation scores, award rationale beyond the stated urgency rationale, and pricing breakdown.
- No separate lot value is published; the GBP 361,623 figure is the value of the linked contract.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Fife CouncilFife Collegemodern apprenticeship trainingtraineeship trainingCFM0285training servicespublic-to-public award
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is named as the supplier?
The published award names Fife College. Its identity remains unverified because the completed matching workflow did not find a safe company match.
What value is recorded?
The linked contract record states GBP 361,623.
Was this competitively advertised?
The notice describes an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition.
Is the contract clearly active?
The award and contract records are marked active, but the sole related lot is marked cancelled. The published status fields are therefore inconsistent.
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.