Signal · Supply Chain & Logistics

Contract award: THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED - Fresh Fruit & Vegetables and Associated Products (GBP 45,000,000)

UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API Authoritative source Published 16th 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 UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED. Procurement: Fresh Fruit & Vegetables and Associated Products. Description: The purpose of this planned procurement is to establish a closed Framework for the supply and distribution of Fresh Fruit & Vegetables and Associated Products to members and clients of TUCO Ltd. This procurement will follow an Open Procedure under Procurement Act 2023 regulations. The duration of this closed Framework is planned to be a maximum of 4 years in the format of a 2 year with one plus on Category: goods. Value: GBP 45,000,000 (largest of 13 stated award/contract values). Supplier(s): 4DEGREESC LIMITED, ARTHUR DAVID (FOOD WITH SERVICE) LIMITED, FIELD TO FORK PRODUCE LTD, FOODARI LIMITED, FRESH CONNECT LIMITED and others.

Publication: UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API · Government/Regulator
Published: 16th 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: 16th October 2026 · 16:12

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

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.