Closed tender

Medicinal Product Trial -Metformin

Details

Value
£248,333.33
Topic
Design and execution of research and development
Published
11 August 2025
Submission
5 September 2025

Tender description

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

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published11 August 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date5 September 2025

About the buyer

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and learning disability services across Greater Manchester and Derbyshire. Services reach Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, Stockport, Tameside and Glossop. An annual summary of contracts awarded under the regime sits on the Trust website. In November 2025 the Trust and Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust launched a joint electronic patient record procurement.

The Trust follows the Provider Selection Regime when it procures healthcare services.

Over the past 5 years, most of Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in health and social work and repair and maintenance.

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