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# Double Blind Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial (BOAT)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/double-blind-pragmatic-randomised-controlled-trial-boat-ocds-h6vhtk-046e40). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: "Double Blind Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial (BOAT)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £300,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-newcastle-upon-tyne-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rtd)
- **Published Value:** £300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 June 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Pharmaceutical products
- **Delivery Location:** UKC2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £312,355 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-046e40`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/double-blind-pragmatic-randomised-controlled-trial-boat-ocds-h6vhtk-046e40#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealth-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/double-blind-pragmatic-randomised-controlled-trial-boat-ocds-h6vhtk-046e40#participate

## Description
The Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a contract for the Provision of a Double Blind Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial: Bronchiectasis Optimising Azithromycin prevention Treatment to reduce exacerbations (BOAT) via open procedure to the supplier Eramol for 24 months with the option to extend for a further 12 months.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £300,000
- **Description:** The Trust undertakes clinical trials within the main pharmacy departments with the responsibility for coordinating the dispensing process for the numerous commercial and non-commercial clinical trials conducted throughout the Newcastle Hospitals. The...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 035124-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Eramol (UK) Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-110926`
  - Value: £312,355 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 035124-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £312,355
  - Signed Date: 19/09/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035124-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-10-30T09:37:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T23:00:07.443Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-046e40