Quick answer — The Football FoundationLast refreshed 05 Apr 2024

At a glance

The Football Foundation has awarded £2.2bn across 31 suppliers, with 53 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 12% · 10 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 40% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration12%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share40%
Pipeline · open now10
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The Football Foundation is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 56 published notices and 51 awards on PublicSupply.

56
Notices published
51
Awards
31
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£40.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The Football Foundation — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

3

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

10

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified30 · £1.4bn
works11 · £460.0m
services11 · £55.7m
goods4 · £6.0m

Instrument type

contract56 · £1.9bn
Source:Contracts Finder: 30Find a Tender: 26

Awarded contracts · 53 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The Football Foundation is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Smart Booking SystemClubspark Group Limited£1.1mest.active
Goalposts preferred suppliers list37416000£0active
Football Foundation Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) Provider Framework 2024-28FieldTurf Tarkett45000000£50.0m05 Apr 2024active
Football Foundation Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) Provider Framework 2024-28Sport & Leisure Group NV45000000£50.0m05 Apr 2024active
Football Foundation Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) Provider Framework 2024-28Saltex Oy45000000£50.0m05 Apr 2024active
Football Foundation Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) Provider Framework 2024-28Lano Sports45000000£50.0m05 Apr 2024active
Football Foundation Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) Provider Framework 2024-28TigerTurf UK Ltd45000000£50.0m05 Apr 2024active
Football Foundation Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) Provider Framework 2024-28Support in Sport (UK) Ltd45000000£50.0m05 Apr 2024active
Football Foundation Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) Consultant Framework 2024-2871530000£20.0m05 Apr 2024active
Football Foundation Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) Provider Framework 2024-28Support in Sport (UK) Ltd45212200£300.0mest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
LS
6 contracts · 06 Apr05 Apr
£261.3mest.
12% of total
2
FT
4 contracts · 06 Apr
£161.3m
7% of total
3
LS
4 contracts · 06 Apr
£161.3m
7% of total
4
SP
4 contracts · 06 Apr
£161.3m
7% of total
5
CC
4 contracts · 06 Apr
£161.3m
7% of total
6
TT
4 contracts · 06 Apr
£161.3m
7% of total
7
FT
2 contracts · 05 Apr
£100.0mest.
5% of total
8
SL
2 contracts · 05 Apr
£100.0mest.
5% of total
931
···
23 other suppliers
long tail · 14 SMEs
£928.1m
42% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
71 contracts
£3.6bn
94%
Architecture, engineering
16 contracts
£216.5m
6%
Recreational, cultural, sport
4 contracts
£9.6m
0%
Construction materials
4 contracts
£9.0m
0%
Other
3 contracts
£1.1m
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
Architecture, engineering
Recreational, cultural, sport
Construction materials
Other
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

The Football Foundation has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

40%
SME supplier share
target 33%
30
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
31
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UK
Contact
Neil Thody
Email
nour.boufertala@footballfoundation.org.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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