AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Crown Prosecution Service published a transparency notice for a proposed direct award to THINK PRODUCTIVE LTD for additional Productivity Ninja training for new staff. The award record is pending, so the notice does not evidence a concluded or signed contract.
Published outcomeOne pending award names THINK PRODUCTIVE LTD for lot 1, valued at £15,420 excluding VAT (£18,504 including VAT).
Market significanceThis is a low-value, single-supplier continuity purchase for training seminars, justified as repeat training from the supplier whose sessions were described as unique.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
THINK PRODUCTIVE LTD
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 15420 GBP · Pending award
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Verified supplier identity is THINK PRODUCTIVE LTD (Companies House number 06881717). Award 1 names this supplier, relates to lot 1, and has a net amount of £15,420.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
96% confidencePublished transparency notice; procurement and lot marked complete
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The process is labelled a 'Transparency notice on Find a Tender'; tender and lot 1 have status 'complete'.
Award status
100% confidencePending
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Award 1 is explicitly recorded with status 'pending'.
Contract conclusion
99% confidenceNot evidenced
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The supplied award is pending and includes only a scheduled future signature milestone; no signed-contract status or signature confirmation is supplied.
Scheduled signature date
96% confidence14 October 2026
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Award milestone type 'futureSignatureDate' is scheduled for 2026-10-14T23:59:59+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value excluding VAT
100% confidence£15,420
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Award 1 value.amount is 15420 GBP.
Award value including VAT
100% confidence£18,504
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Award 1 value.amountGross is 18504 GBP.
Value allocation
95% confidenceAllocated to the single pending award for lot 1
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There is one award, one named supplier and one related lot.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Notice publication
100% confidence14 October 2026
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The transparency notice was published at 2026-10-14T16:40:17+01:00.
Planned contract start
97% confidence5 November 2026
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Award 1 contractPeriod.startDate is 2026-11-05.
Planned contract end
97% confidence31 March 2027
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Award 1 contractPeriod.endDate is 2027-03-31T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceAdditional Productivity Ninja training for new staff
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The notice title is 'Productivity Ninja Training'; its description states this is additional training provided by a previous supplier, and the rationale says new staff require the same training sessions.
Procurement category
100% confidenceServices
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is services.
Classification
100% confidenceCPV 80522000 — Training seminars
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The award item carries CPV 80522000, described as 'Training seminars'.
Lot structure
98% confidenceOne lot (lot 1); no lot title or description published
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The tender contains one lot, ID 1, and the award relates to it.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
100% confidenceDirect award
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The process records procurementMethod 'direct' and procurementMethodDetails 'Direct award'.
Published rationale
97% confidenceAdditional repeat training from the previous supplier
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The rationale says the supplier previously provided staff training and the same sessions are described as unique to that supplier.
Rationale classification
100% confidenceAdditional repeat/extension/partial replacement
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The supplied classification is 'additionalRepeatExtensionPartialReplacement'.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No bidder count, competing suppliers, evaluation scores or ranking information is provided.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Planned term
97% confidence5 November 2026 to 31 March 2027
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The award contract period specifies these start and end dates.
Contract status
99% confidenceNot evidenced as signed or active
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The award remains pending and the signature milestone is scheduled.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No extension, option or renewal provision is included in the supplied data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Continuity purchasing signal
94% confidenceThe buyer cited consistency of a supplier-specific training offering for new staff
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The direct-award rationale states that the required training sessions are unique to the supplier and had previously been delivered to staff.
Commercial scale
100% confidence£15,420 excluding VAT for the pending award
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Award 1 records a net value of £15,420.
Awarding outcome
98% confidenceA single supplier is named; competitive pricing or performance comparisons are not published
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The notice identifies one supplier under a direct-award process and provides no evaluation or bid data.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Pending award
100% confidenceThe notice reports a pending award, not a signed or active contract
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Award 1 status is 'pending' and a future signature date is scheduled.
Supplier identity quality
100% confidenceVerified legal identity available
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THINK PRODUCTIVE LTD was matched by Companies House number 06881717.
Unpublished competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bids, tender responses, scores, pricing comparison or evaluation narrative is included.
Unpublished lot detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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Lot 1 has no published title, description or separate lot value.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The award is pending; the supplied data does not confirm signature, contract conclusion or commencement.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bidder count, competing bids, evaluation methodology, scores, pricing breakdown and savings.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: lot title, lot description and separate lot value.
- No extension, renewal option or committed re-procurement date is published. The renewal timing is only an estimate derived from the planned end date.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Crown Prosecution ServiceTHINK PRODUCTIVE LTDProductivity Ninja Trainingdirect awardtraining seminarsFind a Tender
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is named for the Productivity Ninja Training award?
THINK PRODUCTIVE LTD is the verified legal supplier named for the single pending award.
What is the value of the award?
The notice records £15,420 excluding VAT and £18,504 including VAT.
Has the contract been signed?
No signed contract is evidenced in the supplied notice. The award status is pending and a signature date was scheduled.
Why was a direct award used?
The notice says the supplier had previously delivered the training and that the required sessions were unique to that supplier.
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.