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# Women's Healthy Start Vitamins

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/women-s-healthy-start-vitamins-ocds-h6vhtk-03b3f5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Business Services Authority: "Women's Healthy Start Vitamins". Published status: complete. Published Value: £4,500,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Mar 2023. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Business Services Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-business-services-authority-gov-ot529)
- **Published Value:** £4,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 March 2023 at 01:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Vitamins
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKC22
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £4,100,000 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03b3f5`

## 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/women-s-healthy-start-vitamins-ocds-h6vhtk-03b3f5#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/women-s-healthy-start-vitamins-ocds-h6vhtk-03b3f5#participate

## Description
Framework Agreement for the manufacture and supply of Women's Healthy Start Vitamins

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: 3. Technical Envelope (Lot 1 - Women's Vitamins)
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 33616000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £1,200,000
- **Description:** Framework Agreement for the manufacture and supply of the Women's Healthy Start Vitamins
- **Contract Period:** 22/04/2024 to 22/04/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: 4. Technical Envelope (Lot 2 - Children's Vitamins)
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 33616000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £3,200,000
- **Description:** Children's vitamins
- **Contract Period:** 22/04/2024 to 22/04/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: 5. Commercial Envelope
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 33616000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Description:** Healthy Start Vitamins
- **Contract Period:** 22/04/2024 to 22/04/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 033001-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Cuttlefish Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-97811`

- **Award:** 033080-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **IVC Brunel Healthcare Manufacturing Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-97891`

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 033080-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,100,000
  - Signed Date: 06/11/2023

- **Contract:** 033001-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,000,000
  - Signed Date: 25/10/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033080-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-11-08T15:03:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-17T01:25:15.159Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03b3f5