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title: "LIONNS-D2 Project - Production of T3S API, IMP and FDF"
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# LIONNS-D2 Project - Production of T3S API, IMP and FDF

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lionns-d2-project-production-of-t3s-api-imp-and-fdf-ocds-h6vhtk-05d2df). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cardiff University: "LIONNS-D2 Project - Production of T3S API, IMP and FDF". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Cardiff University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cardiff-university-coh-rc000089)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKL
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lionns-d2-project-production-of-t3s-api-imp-and-fdf-ocds-h6vhtk-05d2df#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05d2df`

## 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/lionns-d2-project-production-of-t3s-api-imp-and-fdf-ocds-h6vhtk-05d2df#tl-md)

## Description
Cardiff University's School of Medicine is procuring the manufacture of a novel investigational medicinal product (IMP), Triiodothyronine sulphate (T3S), for use in a Phase 2b clinical trial. The service includes the production of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), the IMP, and the finished drug formulation (FDF) in blister packs. This bespoke drug is intended for hypothyroid patients with a specific genetic variation affecting thyroid hormone metabolism. The supplier will manufacture the product to GMP standards, using a validated Route of Synthesis supported by existing preclinical and toxicology data.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 33600000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** LIONNS-D2 Project - Production of T3S API, IMP and FDF (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Ardena Holding NV**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PRMH-6467-WRPY`
  - Value: €953,600 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 21/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F068032-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-24T08:23:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T22:06:53.505Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05d2df