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Contract award: United Utilities Water Limited - Services-Framework-Lab Sample Couriers Service (GBP 9,600,000)

UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API Authoritative source Published 22nd October 2026 United Kingdom

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What the source reported

Source-reported

Contract award notice published on UK Find a Tender by United Utilities Water Limited. Procurement: Services-Framework-Lab Sample Couriers Service. Description: United Utilities Laboratory Services require a courier service for the transportation of samples from sites across the Company to the central Laboratory at Lingley Mere (Warrington) on a daily basis. It is a requirement of OFWAT (The Water Services Regulation Authority) that the Company constantly undertakes analysis of water/waste water samples from various sample points throughout the North-West Category: services. Value: GBP 9,600,000 (stated award/contract value). Supplier(s): Delivery Direct Logistics.

Publication
UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API · Government/Regulator
Published
22nd 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
22nd October 2026 · 17:35

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