Medicinal Product Trial -Metformin

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

077048-2025

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 73300000

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

The trust was successful in obtaining a grant from NIHR for a clinical trial to look at the use of metformin in people newly diagnosed with psychosis. The clinical trial (including the recruitment phase) is estimated to take place between June 2026 to November 2028. As part of that grant we need to source a supplier that has the capability to purchase or manufacture Metformin and an identical placebo for a clinical trial, to package and label both to our requirements and distribute to Trusts across the UK in a predetermined schedule

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Observed notice trail

How the published record developed

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1. Planning notice observed

   2 Jul 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   036841-2025

   Published tags

   planning

2. Planning record updated

   2 Jul 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   036872-2025

   Published tags

   planningUpdate

3. Tender notice observed

   11 Aug 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   047763-2025

   Published tags

   tender

4. Award notice observed

   7 Oct 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Medicinal Product Trial -Metformin

  Buyer: Pennine Care NHS Foundation TrustSupplier: Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust trading as "Huddersfield Pharmacy Specials"

  End date in notice

  13 Nov 2028Date from the linked contract

  Value shown in notice

  £250,114Value from the linked contract

  Official source

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  About this figure

  • This figure comes from the linked contract record. Overall totals continue to use the separately published award value.

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  Source

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  Award or lot reference

  2

Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Renewal information is statedLot 1Repeated in 2 notices; the most recent statement is shown.Published 2 Jul 2025.Open supporting notice 036872-2025
• Renewal information is statedLot 1

  Three optional 12 month extensions

  Published 11 Aug 2025.Open supporting notice 047763-2025

No exact source-published process relationship was found.