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Healthy Start Vitamins
Published 8 Dec 2025
8 Dec 2025
- Primary CPV
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33616000 *
Vitamins
- Location
- 🇬🇧 West Midlands
- Value
- £450,000
- Contract
-
3 years Duration
01/01/2026 31/12/2028
- Contract Types
-
33 *Medical equipment, pharmaceuticals & per...Full CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
Council House, 1 Victoria Square, Birmingham, B1 1BB, United Kingdom · UKG
Contact
Award Criteria
Not specified
Related tenders
Birmingham City Council
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
33616000 *
All notices with this CPV code
Reference: P3450
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.
Awarded to
Full CPV breakdown
- 33616000 — Vitamins (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Local authority
- Competition
- Direct award (no competition)
- Contract type
- Goods
- Winning supplier
- Large company
- Procurement method
- Direct award
- Main category
- Goods
- Above threshold
- Yes
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Complete
- Award status
- Pending
- Contract can be extended to
- 1 Jan 2029
- Renewal
- Extension is subject to satisfactory performance and budgetary availability.
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 08 Dec 2025 14:17
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f0dc
- Notice ID
- P3450
Organisations on this notice
Supplier Large
West Way, Cotes Park Industrial Estate, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 4QJ, United Kingdom
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Key dates
- Future Signature Date
- 31 Dec 2025 · Scheduled
Full notice record
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Organisations
| Party 1 › Name | Birmingham City Council |
| Party 1 › Address › Street | Council House, 1 Victoria Square |
| Party 1 › Address › Town / city | Birmingham |
| Party 1 › Address › Postcode | B1 1BB |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 1 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKG31 |
| Party 1 › Role | buyer |
| Party 1 › Classification › Description | Public authority - sub-central government |
| Party 2 › Name | NHS Supply Chain |
| Party 2 › Address › Street | West Way, Cotes Park Industrial Estate, Alfreton |
| Party 2 › Address › Town / city | Derbyshire |
| Party 2 › Address › Postcode | DE55 4QJ |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 2 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKF13 |
| Party 2 › Role | supplier |
| Party 2 › Business size | large |
| Party 2 › VCSEs | No |
Buyer
| Name | Birmingham City Council |
Tender
| Title | Healthy Start Vitamins |
| Description | 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. |
| Status | complete |
| Procedure type | direct |
| Procedure | Direct award |
| Reason for this procedure | A 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. |
| Lot › Status | complete |
| Document › Document type | Conflict of interest |
| Document › Description | Not published |
Awards
| Status | pending |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £540,000 |
| Value › Value | £450,000 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Category | goods |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Supplier › Name | NHS Supply Chain |
| Item › CPV › Description | Vitamins |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UKG |
| Item › Delivery › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Country | United Kingdom |
| Contract period › Start | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Contract period › End | 31 Dec 2028 |
| Contract period › Can be extended to | 1 Jan 2029 |
| Can be renewed | Yes |
| Renewal › Description | Extension is subject to satisfactory performance and budgetary availability. |
| Document › Document type | Award notice |
| Document › Description | Transparency notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080644-2025 |
| Document › Published | 8 Dec 2025 |
| Milestone › Type | Future signature date |
| Milestone › Due | 31 Dec 2025 |
| Milestone › Status | scheduled |