Signal · Supply Chain & Logistics

Contract award: Colchester City Council - GB-Colchester: 0489-PA - Supply of Fuel (GBP 1,600,000)

UK Contracts Finder OCDS Search Authoritative source Published 2nd October 2026 United Kingdom

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What the source reported

Source-reported

Contract award notice published on UK Contracts Finder by Colchester City Council. Procurement: GB-Colchester: 0489-PA - Supply of Fuel. Description: To commission a contractor to supply liquid fuels, including diesel, diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) and hydrotreated vegetable oil following on from a compliant process via the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO) framework - Liquid Fuels Framework- Ref: 301-26: Lot 25 - Essex . Additional information: Direct award via the (ESPO) framework - Liquid Fuels Framework- Ref: 301-26: Lot 25 - Essex Category: goods. Value: GBP 1,600,000 (stated award/contract value). Supplier(s): Rix Petroleum (Hull) Ltd.

Publication: UK Contracts Finder OCDS Search · Government/Regulator
Published: 2nd October 2026
Original report: contractsfinder.service.gov.uk

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived

Category: Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography: United Kingdom
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 2nd October 2026 · 21:20

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 2 · Moderate

Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (26.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (12.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Low (39/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points). Capped at 39 (Low) -- insufficient structured evidence to support a higher Confidence reading, regardless of source authority.

Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact
Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity

Possibly the same underlying story as Contract award: Hull City Council - Frontage Improvements Framework (GBP 20,000,000) — flagged automatically, never merged automatically.

What the source reported

What ProcIntel recorded

Initial assessment ⓘMore about Initial Signal AssessmentProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.