Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c3f-0399-72d6-a7a3-12608465e27d/the-healthy-start-vitamin-scheme-manufacture-of-womens-products awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # The Healthy Start Vitamin Scheme Manufacture of Women's Products [Department of Health](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-of-health) Estimated value £636,547 to £1,229,366 Published 21 Sept 2017 Deadline Closed 6 Oct 2017 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The Secretary of State for Health is obliged to make available free vitamins to eligible recipients. This obligation is discharged by the Department of Health (DH) via the Healthy Start Scheme. Recipients are eligible pregnant women and new mothers who receive vitamins containing vitamins C, D and folic acid. DH (via NHS Business Services Authority) sells the vitamins to local authorities and NHS providers in England who then distribute the vitamins to recipients. DH is also procuring this requirement on behalf of NHS Northern Ireland, \[and\] NHS Scotland \[and NHS Wales\]. It is possible but it is not guaranteed or represented that DH or NHS Business Services Authority may elect to sell vitamins to non-public sector bodies during the term of the framework agreements. DH wishes to procure a suitable provider to manufacture the women's vitamins. DH has allowed for full product testing of the manufactured Products by the supplier in the first year of the Framework Period, during which time no orders for vitamins may be placed by a contracting authority. There will be no separate costs to deliver full Product testing and implementation activities during the first year of the Framework Period. Costs for this activity should be included in the overall pricing for the Product. The Authority reserves the right to terminate the framework agreement prior to the operational start date if the awarded supplier fails to meet the testing requirements in the first year of the Framework Period. The form of agreement is a framework agreement. Orders may last beyond the term of each framework agreement. The Authority does not guarantee, warrant or represent that any Orders will be issued pursuant to the framework agreement. This is notification that the Department is running an OJEU Accelerated Procurement for the work described. - (for which see ITT ref number 60479). Interested suppliers need to register on the BMS system if they have not done so already. Details of registration can be found on the attached document and link provided. Read full description ## CPV classification Vitamins Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/79a0775f-bde4-49e7-bbe8-af2476ed685f) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Department of Health: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-of-health) [Sector More Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/medical-equipment-pharmaceuticals) ## More tenders like this [C002218 Slit-lamp Simulator and all associated parts and software · The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) · 31 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15a0a-a0bf-738a-a911-b0cef05c3668/c002218-slit-lamp-simulator-and-all-associated-parts-and-software) [Epistaxis Device · The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust · 7 days left · 27 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15a0a-a385-70da-be38-318c9d7aef0c/epistaxis-device) [Cochlear Implants · The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) · 30 days left · 19 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1599c-c8ee-7311-a960-2c841b8ccbb0/cochlear-implants) [Delivery and supply of 11 Hoists · North East London NHS Foundation Trust · 13 days left · 2 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1599c-c9a1-7022-be69-dade0279382a/delivery-and-supply-of-11-hoists) [AFBI - Supply and Delivery of Transmissibile Spongiform Encephalopathy Rapid Test Kits · Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute · 34 days left · 23 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1599c-ce94-70b0-92b3-33b530124d4d/afbi-supply-and-delivery-of-transmissibile-spongiform-encephalopathy-rapid-tes) [Custom made Cranial Plates Tender · Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · 28 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a158c1-0673-726d-b0b6-25ad41206a9b/custom-made-cranial-plates-tender)