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Planned procurement: Reading Borough Council - School Meals Contract (GBP 14,700,000)

UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API Authoritative source Published 5th October 2026 United Kingdom

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What the source reported

Source-reported

Planned procurement notice published on UK Find a Tender by Reading Borough Council. Procurement: School Meals Contract. Description: The objectives of this project are to have successfully procured a school meals service which meets the needs of governors, schools, pupils and their families by the deadline agreed with governors and schools. Funding for this contract is made up as follows: Paid Meals: Meal price collected from parents directly by contractor. Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM): schools are allocated £2.61 Category: services. Value: GBP 14,700,000 (stated tender value).

Publication
UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API · Government/Regulator
Published
5th October 2026
Original report
find-tender.service.gov.uk

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography
United Kingdom
Organisations
None identified
Collected
5th October 2026 · 11:54

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 1 · Low
Confidence 3 · Moderate

Initial Significance Low (18.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Moderate (51.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Likely Event Severity