Signal · Supply Chain & Logistics

Contract award: Hertfordshire County Council - HCC Feb 2026 - The Provision of a Framework for the Supply of Cut Paper, Card and Envelopes (GBP 19,400,000)

UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API Authoritative source Published 13th October 2026 United Kingdom

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What the source reported

Source-reported

Contract award notice published on UK Find a Tender by Hertfordshire County Council. Procurement: HCC Feb 2026 - The Provision of a Framework for the Supply of Cut Paper, Card and Envelopes. Description: This is a Contract Details Notice as this opportunity has been awarded and is now closed. Herts Fullstop, (“HFS”) the trading arm of Hertfordshire County Council (“the Council” or “HCC”) went out to tender for a Framework for the Supply of Cut Paper, Card and Envelopes. The requirement covers Cut Paper and Card and Envelopes to be delivered in bulk drops to the central stores of Herts Fullstop (tr Category: goods. Value: GBP 19,400,000 (largest of 4 stated award/contract values). Supplier(s): Antalis Ltd, Banner Group Limited, NUCO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Premier Paper Group Ltd, Ricoh UK LTD and others.

Publication: UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API · Government/Regulator
Published: 13th 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: 13th October 2026 · 09:48

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 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: Department for Business and Trade - Supply of ServiceNow Licenses (GBP 4,000,000) — 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.