AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Salford City Council awarded and signed a direct, below-threshold contract for an Educational Visits Advisory Service with The North Yorkshire Council. The contract is recorded as active from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2028.
Published outcomeOne active award and one active contract are recorded for The North Yorkshire Council.
Market significanceThe published contract value is £82,319 excluding VAT (£98,782.80 including VAT) over the stated two-year term. The procurement was conducted without competition under a below-threshold direct procedure.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
The North Yorkshire Council
98% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · Shared contract value: £82,319 excluding VAT; £98,782.80 including VAT GBP · Active award; linked active contract
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Award 1 names The North Yorkshire Council as its sole supplier and is linked to contract 1. The contract value is published at contract level, rather than as an award or lot value.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceComplete
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The tender status is recorded as "complete" and the notice is labelled "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 20 August 2026
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Contract 1 states dateSigned: 2026-08-20.
Contract start
99% confidence1 September 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-09-01.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£82,319
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Contract 1 value amount is 82319 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£98,782.80
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Contract 1 value amountGross is 98782.8 GBP.
Value allocation
98% confidencePublished for the single contract; no separate lot value supplied
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The contract has a published value, while award and lot value fields are not supplied.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence20 August 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-08-20.
Contract start
99% confidence1 September 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-09-01.
Contract end
99% confidence31 August 2028
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Contract 1 period endDate is 2028-08-31.
Notice published
99% confidence16 October 2026
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The contract details notice was published at 2026-10-16T15:08:30+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceEducational Visits Advisory Service
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The tender and contract title is "Educational Visits Advisory Service".
Description
99% confidenceProvision of an Education Advisory service
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The tender description states "Provision of an Education Advisory service".
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is "services".
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 80000000 — Education and training services
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The award item contains CPV 80000000 with this description.
Delivery region
98% confidenceUKD3
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The award item specifies a delivery address in region UKD3.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect
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The tender procurementMethod is "direct".
Procedure detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold - without competition
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The tender procurementMethodDetails states "Below threshold - without competition".
Regime
99% confidenceLight touch
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The tender specialRegime includes "lightTouch".
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceNo
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false.
Competition information
98% confidenceNo competition was conducted; bidder numbers and evaluation information were not supplied
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The published procedure detail states "without competition"; no bidder count, scoring or evaluation narrative is included.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence2 years
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The stated period runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2028.
VAT treatment
99% confidence£82,319 excluding VAT; £98,782.80 including VAT
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Contract 1 publishes amount and amountGross in GBP.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension or renewal provisions are supplied in the published contract data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Route-to-market observation
99% confidenceThe requirement was placed through a below-threshold direct procedure without competition.
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The published procurement method details state "Below threshold - without competition".
Value observation
95% confidenceThe published contract value equates to approximately £41,159.50 excluding VAT per year across the stated two-year term.
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Calculated from the published £82,319 excluding-VAT contract value and the stated two-year period.
Supplier relationship observation
98% confidenceA local authority is recorded as providing the advisory service to another local authority.
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The buyer is Salford City Council and the sole supplier is The North Yorkshire Council; both are identified as councils in their published names.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity
98% confidenceSupplier identity is recorded through a GB-PPON identifier; Companies House matching is not applicable.
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The supplier record gives GB-PPON PNXY-8263-XCNL and supplier_identity_status is "not_applicable".
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
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Lot 1 is present but its title, description and value fields are null.
Award date
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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Award 1 has no award_date.
Commercial detail
98% confidencePricing breakdown, award rationale, evaluation and bidder information are not supplied in the published notice.
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No such fields or narrative are present in the supplied notice data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- The award date is not supplied.
- Information on bidders, evaluation, award rationale, pricing detail and savings is not supplied in the published notice.
- No extension or renewal provisions are supplied; the renewal timing is only an estimate based on the stated contract end date.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Salford City CouncilThe North Yorkshire CouncilEducational Visits Advisory Serviceeducation advisory servicesdirect awardpublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Salford City Council's Educational Visits Advisory Service contract?
The North Yorkshire Council is recorded as the sole supplier for award 1.
What is the value of the contract?
The contract value is £82,319 excluding VAT and £98,782.80 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
The contract is recorded from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2028 and was signed on 20 August 2026.
Was the contract competed?
The notice records a direct, below-threshold procedure without competition.
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