**Message to Coordinator (from Agent Dale):**

(m)The refrigerated truck contract with Northline Transport ends on December 15.(/m: signed contract, section 4, checked by Agent Dale)
(u)Not stated whether a renewal/replacement plan exists.(/u: Agent Dale, unconfirmed)

(g)Given the December 15 end date with no confirmed renewal or replacement on file, logistics' first action should be contacting Northline Transport (or scoping alternative refrigerated carriers) now, so a renewal/replacement decision is in hand well before December 15 rather than discovered as a gap mid-winter.(/g) — based on the contract fact and unconfirmed-renewal status above.

(g)This transport question is independent of the supply/demand gap flagged in the current conclusion — resolving it doesn't address the tonnage shortfall, but leaving it unresolved risks a second, separate failure point (inability to move stock) on top of that shortfall.(/g) — based on the contract fact above and the coordinator's conclusion.

Not stated: budget authority, alternate carrier options, or timeline constraints for securing a new/renewed contract. These would need to be checked before logistics can commit to a specific vendor path.
