Signal · Supply Chain & Logistics

Contract award: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - Defra Integration Layer 2026/2027 (GBP 1,200,000)

UK Contracts Finder OCDS Search Authoritative source Published 12th October 2026 United Kingdom

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Source-reported

Contract award notice published on UK Contracts Finder by Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. Procurement: Defra Integration Layer 2026/2027. Description: The Defra Group Integration Layer provides secure integration infrastructure and services to facilitate the electronic exchange of data between Defra Group systems and livestock traceability systems across England, Scotland and Wales. The service supports event-driven integration and service-oriented architecture, enabling APHA systems, including Sam, NDOMs, TSE and Radar, to interface with the mu Category: services. Value: GBP 1,200,000 (stated award/contract value). Supplier(s): W3 Partnership Ltd.

Publication: UK Contracts Finder OCDS Search · Government/Regulator
Published: 12th October 2026
Original report: contractsfinder.service.gov.uk

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Category: Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography: United Kingdom
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 12th October 2026 · 16:04

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.

A provisional, automatically computed reading of this individual Signal, before Event extraction or human review. Not a final rating.

Significance 1 · Low

Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Low (15.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Impact-Scale Specificity (0.0/10 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: Impact-Scale Specificity

Possibly the same underlying story as Contract award: Home Office - 7200000 (GBP 6,000,000) — flagged automatically, never merged automatically.

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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.