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Published 25 Apr 2025, 13:44 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Tender for the Supply and Provision of Clinical Trial Services- Packaging, Blinding, Labelling and Dispensing of Investigational Medicinal Product- Apixaban (Eliquis) and Placebo

Official notice

Authority: THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Education)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable

Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)

+6 more

East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)

Planned pipeline value£500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 26 Apr 2025from the planned procurement notice

Contract term 2 yrs 11 moends 31 Jul 2028 · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Birmingham invites tenders for supply of investigational medicinal product matched placebo. The University requires the purchase of the drug Apixaban, provision of a matched placebo, repackaging, labelling, distribution and delivery of tablets for a blinded randomised control trial.

CPV: Laboratory services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned 2 yrs 11 moSME

Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Jul 2028 (2 yrs 11 mo)

Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South WestEligibility: SME eligible

71900000 Laboratory services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 25 Apr 2025, 13:44 BST
Last source update: 25 Apr 2025, 13:44 BST
Authority reference: SC13798-25
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-017040
Latest notice: Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV): Laboratory services
Delivery area: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 more
South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0507a8 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

25 Apr 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 3 dates

Planning notice published
25 Apr 2025, 13:44 BST
Tender notice expected
26 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
Contract starts
1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Preliminary market engagement notice published
25 Apr 2025, 13:44 BST
UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: RC000645 · GB-PPON: PHCQ-3464-LVTM Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TTContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender25 Apr 2025, 13:44 BST