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Healthy Start Vitamins

Buyer: Birmingham City Council →

BuyerBirmingham City Council
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published8 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Healthy Start is a mandatory Government initiative designed to improve the health of low-income pregnant women and families through the provision of free healthy food, milk, and vitamins. Eligibility extends to women who are at least ten weeks pregnant and families with children under four years of age in receipt of certain benefits or tax credits. This award relates only to the vitamin component of the Healthy Start programme.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleA direct award to NHS Supply Chain is justified under Section 41(1) and Schedule 5, paragraph 6 of the Procurement Act 2023, as a Direct Award in Special Cases. This approach is necessary due to the absence of viable competition for technical reasons and the lack of reasonable alternatives. NHS Supply Chain is the sole provider capable of meeting the statutory and policy requirements of the Healthy Start programme. Awarding directly ensures compliance with legal obligations, supports the delivery of essential public health services, and aligns with wider Council policy objectives.
Rationale classificationssingleSuppliersTechnicalReasons
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

1

Statuspending
Value£450,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2026 to 31 Dec 2028

Documents & submission route

  • Not published

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05f0dc
Latest release ID080644-2025
Latest release timestampMon Dec 08 2025 14:17:23 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methoddirect
Procurement method detailsDirect award
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
8 Dec 2025award, contract080644-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
8 Dec 2025 · 080644-2025 · award, contract
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