Official UK procurement notice
Progressive Masculinity Program Training
Authority: Leicestershire County Council (Local council)
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF22)
Awarded value£124,300published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Sept 2025no call for competition
Awarded to PROGRESSIVE MASCULINITY LTD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDelivery of workshops for students and staff training in schools, focusing on challenging harmful gender norms and promoting progressive masculinity, developing emotional literacy and empathy in boys and young men, supporting staff to create inclusive, emotionally safe learning environments and promoting gender allyship and cultural transformation across the school community.
A single supplier direct award has been made on the basis that there are no reasonable alternatives available in the market due to:
- Technical and specialist uniqueness
- Proven impact and alignment with strategic priorities
- Lack of comparable alternatives in the local or national market
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Feb 2026, 16:30 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Feb 2026, 16:30 GMT
- Authority reference
DN789681- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-017081- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065c88Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published25 Feb 2026, 16:30 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £124,3001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Sept 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROGRESSIVE MASCULINITY LTDSME | £124,300 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · PROGRESSIVE MASCULINITY LTDSME
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2025
- Value
- £124,300
- Period
- 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Dec 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- PROGRESSIVE MASCULINITY LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender