AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Yorkshire Housing Limited has published contract details for a LinkedIn Learning platform supplied by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company. The contract is recorded as signed on 23 September 2026, with service scheduled from 28 April 2027 to 27 April 2029.
Published outcomeOne active award and one active contract record cover LOT-0000 for e-learning services. The published gross contract value is £107,100.
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold direct procurement without competition for a two-year learning-platform service, with options for additional licences or services.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots LOT-0000 · £107,100 gross (shared contract value) GBP · Active award
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Award 1 names LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company as supplier. Contract 1, linked to award 1, states a gross value of GBP 107,100.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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Process and contract document metadata identify the notice as a Contract details notice on Find a Tender.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 is recorded with status 'active'.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 is recorded with status 'active'.
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned 23 September 2026
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Contract 1 has dateSigned: 2026-09-23.
Scheduled service period
99% confidence28 April 2027 to 27 April 2029
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2027-04-28 and endDate is 2029-04-27.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published contract value
99% confidence£107,100 gross
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Contract 1 value is amountGross 107100, currency GBP.
Value allocation
98% confidenceSingle contract-level value; no separate lot value published
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The contract contains one gross value, while LOT-0000 has no value amount.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence23 September 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-09-23.
Notice published
99% confidence21 October 2026
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The process and contract document record publication at 2026-10-21T14:30:20+01:00.
Contract start
99% confidence28 April 2027
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2027-04-28.
Contract end
99% confidence27 April 2029
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Contract 1 period endDate is 2029-04-27.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceLinkedIn Learning Platform
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The process and tender description state 'LinkedIn Learning Platform'.
Service classification
99% confidenceE-learning services (CPV 80420000)
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Award item for LOT-0000 lists CPV 80420000, described as E-learning services.
Lot
99% confidenceLOT-0000
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Award 1 and its item are linked to LOT-0000.
Delivery region
95% confidenceUK (UKE)
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The award item specifies delivery address region UKE, United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect
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The tender records procurementMethod as 'direct'.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold - without competition
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The tender records procurementMethodDetails as 'Below threshold - without competition'.
Threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 records aboveThreshold as false.
Competition information
98% confidenceNo competition was used; number of suppliers approached or bids received was not published
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The procedure is stated as below threshold without competition. No bid or participation counts are supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence2 years
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The stated period runs from 28 April 2027 to 27 April 2029.
Options
99% confidenceAdditional licences / services as required
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Contract 1 hasOptions is true and its options description states 'Additional licences / services as required'.
Pricing basis
98% confidenceGross contract value published; pricing breakdown not supplied
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The contract provides amountGross only, with no unit-price or licence-volume detail.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
99% confidenceSingle-supplier, single-lot learning-platform arrangement
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One supplier is named on award 1, which is linked to the sole listed lot, LOT-0000.
Expansion flexibility
97% confidenceThe buyer may add licences or services under published options
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The options description states 'Additional licences / services as required'. The notice does not state option value or limits.
Competitive access signal
99% confidenceThis requirement was procured directly below threshold without competition
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Tender procedure details explicitly state 'Below threshold - without competition'.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity scope
99% confidenceSupplier name is sourced from the notice; Companies House verification is not applicable
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Supplier verification is marked not_applicable and provides no verified company name or number.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLOT-0000 has no published title, description or separate value
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The lot record has null title, description and value fields.
Commercial detail
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: licence quantities, pricing breakdown, evaluation rationale, bid counts and detailed service specification
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No such fields appear in the supplied process, award, lot or contract data.
Options detail
99% confidenceOption mechanism is published, but option value, limits and exercise conditions are not supplied
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Only the description 'Additional licences / services as required' is provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Supplier identity is sourced from the notice. Companies House verification is not applicable in the supplied workflow, so no Companies House-verified legal identity is available.
- LOT-0000 has no published title, description or individual value.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: licence volumes, pricing breakdown, bid counts, evaluation rationale, detailed specification, and option value or exercise conditions.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Yorkshire Housing LimitedLinkedIn Ireland Unlimited CompanyLinkedIn Learninglearning platforme-learning servicespublic procurementdirect award
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Yorkshire Housing's Learning Platform contract?
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company is named as the supplier for award 1.
What is the value of the LinkedIn Learning contract?
The published gross contract value is £107,100. No separate lot value is published.
When does the contract run?
The contract is recorded as signed on 23 September 2026 and scheduled to run from 28 April 2027 to 27 April 2029.
Was the requirement competed?
No. The notice states a direct, below-threshold procurement without competition.
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