Official UK procurement notice
Clinical Trial Manufacturing and Distribution Services
Authority: Nottingham Trent University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNottingham Trent University required Clinical Trial Manufacturing and Distribution Services for manufacturing and distribution of fluoxetine (20mg) and a matching placebo.
CPV: Courier services · Multi-modal courier services · Pharmaceutical products
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£345,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Technical Compliance: 24%
- Service Delivery: 21%
- Commercial: 15%
- price: 30%
- Sustainability: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
- Technical Compliance: 24
- Service Delivery: 21
- Commercial: 15
- Sustainability: 10
- Price: 30
- Suitability
Manufacturer’s Authorisation (for Investigational Medicinal Products)
UK QP release on MIA IMP license.
Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).
Good Distribution Practice (GDP).
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 45 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 10 May 2024, 12:19 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Mar 2025, 12:49 GMT
- Authority reference
NTU/24/2615T/ML- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011763- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0458a3Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
See Tender Documentation
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Aug 2024, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
Timeline
17 Jun 2024 → 28 Mar 2025 · 4 dates- Next notice expected17 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline19 Aug 2024, 17:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected27 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published28 Mar 2025, 12:49 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Aug 2024- Published value updated to £345,0002 Aug 2024, 07:19 BSTwas £344,676
- Status changed to active2 Aug 2024, 07:19 BST
- Procurement method changed2 Aug 2024, 07:19 BST
- Deadline published: 19 Aug 2024, 17:00 BST2 Aug 2024, 07:19 BST
- Status changed to complete28 Mar 2025, 12:49 GMT
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextSection IV: Procedure · 1.5 | — | Nottingham Trent University reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations. |
Extension of deadline from 10AM, 29/05/2024 to 10AM 07/06/2024 facilitate submission of pre-market engagement responses.
Nottingham Trent University reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations.
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2024-05: 2 releases · 10 May 2024, 24 May 2024
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp Clinical Services UK Ltd.SME | £344,676 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Clinical Trial Manufacturing and Distribution Services · Sharp Clinical Services UK Ltd.SME
- Signed
- 1 Jan 2025
- Value
- £344,676
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview bodyReview contact point
- The Royal Courts of JusticeMediation body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Sharp Clinical Services UK Ltd.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria