Signal · Supply Chain & Logistics

Contract award: United Lincolnshire Hospital NHS Trust - Supply of multi temperature foods (GBP 9,500,000)

UK Contracts Finder OCDS Search Authoritative source Published 14th October 2026 United Kingdom

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What the source reported

Source-reported

Contract award notice published on UK Contracts Finder by United Lincolnshire Hospital NHS Trust. Procurement: Supply of multi temperature foods. Description: Supply of multi temperature foods including ambient and frozen to United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Additional information: Values and dates include all extensions and options, there is no guarantee of the full take up of these values or extension periods. Category: goods. Value: GBP 9,500,000 (stated award/contract value). Supplier(s): BFS Group Limited T/A Bidfood.

Publication: UK Contracts Finder OCDS Search · Government/Regulator
Published: 14th 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: 14th October 2026 · 07:55

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: COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST - On Site Waste Processing Managed Solution (GBP 5,300,000) — 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.