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# Framework for the supply of Total Parental Nutrition (TPN) components

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/framework-for-the-supply-of-total-parental-nutrition-tpn-components-ocds-h6vhtk-04fdc0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust: "Framework for the supply of Total Parental Nutrition (TPN) components". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £6,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 May 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-hospitals-of-derby-and-burton-nhs-foundation-trus-nhs-rtg)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £6,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 May 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Parenteral nutrition products
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/framework-for-the-supply-of-total-parental-nutrition-tpn-components-ocds-h6vhtk-04fdc0#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04fdc0`

## Before you bid
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- **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/framework-for-the-supply-of-total-parental-nutrition-tpn-components-ocds-h6vhtk-04fdc0#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/framework-for-the-supply-of-total-parental-nutrition-tpn-components-ocds-h6vhtk-04fdc0#participate

## Description
East Midlands Pharmacy Collaborative (EMPC) as the Authority wishes to establish a multi-provider Framework for the Supply of Parenteral Nutrition Components.
This contract is for the components used to prepare these infusions including empty infusion containers.
Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) is intravenous feeding of both chronically and acutely ill patients who are unable to be fed by any other means. Feeding in this way can be short term in the acutely ill but may be long term in patients with chronic conditions where the option to feed in other ways will never be available. The patient receives a daily intravenous infusion containing amino acids, glucose, fat, electrolytes, trace elements and vitamins.
The Contract will include:
2	Chamber PN Bags
3	Chamber PN Bags
Amino Acid Solution Electrolyte Free Amino Acid Solutions
Glucose 70% Solutions
Lipid emulsions for infusion
Multivitamins lipid/fat soluble
Multivitamins - Water soluble vitamins
Trace Element Solutions

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 33692200
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £6,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2025 to 31/07/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

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

  - Supplier(s): **B. Braun Medical Limited, Baxter Healthcare Ltd, FRESENIUS KABI LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-36060`, `GB-FTS-185359`, `GB-FTS-3466`
  - Value: £6,000,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 04/06/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £6,000,000
  - Signed Date: 14/07/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013261-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-16T09:18:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T00:05:57.862Z
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