# Distribution of Vitamin D food supplements

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Department for Health and Social Care.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Department for Health and Social Care](/buyers/department-for-health-and-social-care/contract-awards)
- Supplier: Paragon Customer Communications
- Award value: £6,673,834
- Award date: 6 January 2021
- Published: 23 March 2021
- Contract start: 18 January 2021
- Contract end: 31 March 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 45e58e3c-9447-47d0-a7a1-3a0cfe651e80-422780
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8441b708-1710-46c5-91b9-8a49fa4844c8

## Description

The Department of Health and Social Care \(DHSC - the 'Authority'\) is seeking to distribute vitamin D supplements of 10 micrograms \(400 IU\), compliant with the EC Food Supplements Directive 2002/46/EC as well as all other applicable food law, to provide to those on the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable list \('CEV'\) and residents of nursing and residential care homes in England \('care homes'\) where this need is particularly important\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/45e58e3c-9447-47d0-a7a1-3a0cfe651e80-422780)