Signal · Supply Chain & Logistics

Contract award: THE OPEN UNIVERSITY - Printed Book Production/CFP/PRO/2026 (GBP 6,500,000 (gross, incl. VAT))

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 THE OPEN UNIVERSITY. Procurement: Printed Book Production/CFP/PRO/2026. Description: The Open University has awarded a closed framework for the supply of printed book production (to include paper supply, printing, finishing and binding) of educational materials for delivery into the The Open University's warehouse. The framework will support the production of printed learning materials for The Open University's students, with annual production volumes across a range of publication Category: goods. Value: GBP 6,500,000 (gross, incl. VAT) (stated award/contract value). Supplier(s): HOBBS THE PRINTERS LIMITED, STERLING PRESS LIMITED.

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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Category: Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography: United Kingdom
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 13th October 2026 · 11:02

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 (21.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (12.0/30 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: NHS England - NHS Online (GBP 9,900,000) — flagged automatically, never merged automatically.

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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.