01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Cardiff University
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 30 January 2026
Description
Award notice for the above CDMO services tender. Previous description as follows - The School of Medicine successfully applied for a UKRI grant to investigate in a randomised controlled trial (RCT), a new IMP (investigational medicinal product) called Triiodothyronine sulphate (T3S) in hypothyroid subjects with a gene difference in a thyroid related enzyme called deiodinase 2 (D2). We are looking for a CDMO to (i) Import and QP sign off T3S and matched placebo tablets obtained from Ardena, Pamplona, Spain who will manufacture these to GMP standards; (ii) over encapsulate commercially secured L-thyroxine (LT4 ) and matched placebo capsules; (iii) store T3S and matched placebo obtained from Ardena, and over encapsulated LT4 and matched placebo; (iv) label T3S, LT4 and respective placebo packs for distribution to trial subjects; (v) distribute T3S and matched placebo and over encapsulated LT4 and matched placebo packs to trial pharmacy (Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Wales).
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
LIONNS-D2 Trial CDMO Services
- Awarded
- 10 September 2026
- Award value
- £212,473
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Cardiff University
Procurement Services, Cardiff, UKL22, CF24 4HQ, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PHVT-4343-HWYRSimbec-Orion Group Ltd
Simbec House, Merthyr Tydfil Industrial Park, Pentre Bach, Merthyr Tydfil, UKL15, CF48 4DR, United Kingdom
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04 Provenance
Source for this process
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