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Market Engagement - oral nutritional supplements for care homes

University of Plymouth · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 06:08.

Opportunity overview

The University of Plymouth is leading the REFRESH trial to compare the effectiveness of oral nutritional supplements (ONS) and of food fortification with routine care. We are looking to procure ONS to supply to the care homes assigned. This will be approximately 30 care homes situated in Devon, West Midlands and Dorset & Hampshire, to give to a total of 510 residents, during the active study phase Oct 25 to May 28. To view more detail of the study please visit: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/penctu/refresh-trial

Classification

  • CPV15881000 — Homogenised food preparations
  • CPV15882000 — Dietetic products

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
MW/UOP/Nutritional_Supplements/109/25
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
goods

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Ends
1 May 2028, 23:59
Starts
1 Oct 2025, 00:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 5
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 6
Region
UKH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 7
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 8
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 9
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
15881000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Homogenised food preparations
Entry 2
Id
15882000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Dietetic products

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
041113-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
17 Jul 2025, 17:10

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
4 Aug 2025, 23:59
Description
• We wish to procure the following three oral nutritional supplements or equivalent: o Ensure Compact (Abbott Nutrition) o Fortisip Compact (Nutricia) o Altraplen Compact (Nualtra) • These will need to be supplied and delivered to up to 30 care homes distributed throughout Hampshire, Dorset, Devon and the West Midlands participating in a research trial. • Supply will be in batches to named care homes to be delivered monthly. • Care homes will be given the option to use one of the three brands so a delivery to any given home will only be one brand, but should include all available flavours, or the flavours specified in the order. • The maximum order size will be approximately 1020/month. • The first care homes will start ordering these ONS from Oct 2025 and orders from subsequent care homes will start at different times throughout the following 15 months. • Each care home will have the monthly delivery for 12 months. • Orders will be placed between Oct 2025 and April 2028. • Each care home will specify their actual needs monthly so the actual delivery amount will vary according to their needs. This is to avoid over-ordering and product wastage. • The pattern of ordering will mean most ONS are ordered between Aug 2026 and Jun 2027 (i.e. all 30 care homes are active, after Jun 2027 care homes will start leaving the trial) • ONS normally have a 12-month shelf-life from date of manufacture. The delivered ONS will be expected to have at least a 6-month shelf-life. Please email Megan.worth@plymouth.ac.uk by 04/08/2025 with any expressions of interest and clarification questions

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-UKPRN-10007801
Name
University of Plymouth

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKK41
Country
GB
Locality
Plymouth
Postal Code
PL4 8AA
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Drakes Circus

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
10007801
Scheme
GB-UKPRN

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PQHL-4825-PGGL
Scheme
GB-PPON

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Plymouth · UKK41 · PL4 8AA · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKE · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKF · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKG · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-0561af-2025-07-17T17:10:28+01:00Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·