Published date: 31 January 2018

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 17 November 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

SK10 4TG

Value of contract

£80,000 to £240,000

Procurement reference

SUB - MDC - 014

Published date

31 January 2018

Closing date

17 November 2017

Contract start date

5 December 2017

Contract end date

4 December 2018

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

This is an accelerated procedure.

Justification

The organisation has a new facility opening ahead of schedule and the data management system, which is essential for the operation of the facility, is now required as a matter of urgency.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Medicines Discovery Catapult is a new, national centre of applied Research and Development expertise to promote and support innovative, fast-to-patient drug discovery in the UK through collaborative projects across the community.

Medicines Discovery Catapult works with biopharma companies of all sizes, translational researchers, technology experts, patient groups and the contract research and finance sectors to help transform great ideas into commercial products and services for the wider health and wealth of the country.

By developing and validating new ways of discovering new medicines, and promoting key talent and expertise across sectors, Medicines Discovery Catapult can help the UK maintain its heritage position as a global leader in this key industry.

The Medicines Discovery Catapult will work with industry, academic teams, technology experts, charities, regulators and others, to develop new approaches for the discovery and early development of new medicines helping to transform ideas into commercial products and services.

The Medicines Discovery Catapult also provides expertise to support small and developing businesses, as well as working closely with larger biomedical companies and contract research organisations.

This procurement is for a data management system required for the handling of laboratory data within the Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) Limited at multiple sites with collaborative partrners.

The requirement is for a software-based laboratory data management system with features that support a modern laboratory's operations is required. MDC requires the system to be flexible and upgradeable to manage large sets of structured data from many types of laboratory instruments. The system will be used by multiple operators requiring data storage, visualisation, analysis and data comparisons working both internally and externally with a defined access level.
Key features of the data management system include, but are not limited to:
• Capture, storage and integration of raw and refined experimental data from many lab technologies and platforms
• Analysis of the captured data, following association with sample identifiers, to derive statistically robust and biologically meaningful parameters eg. Potency
• Visualization to show biological effects eg. Mechanism of action, gene expression change profiles
• Analytics to quantitate biological response
• Project sharing;
• Data integration and exchange eg. A central MDC data warehouse.
• Ease of deployment across multiple MDC sites and to collavorative partners;
• Intuitive and easy to use
• Expandable and upgradeable
• Automatic data back up processes

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Data Management System

  • Opportunity
  • Published 1 November 2017

Additional text

To receive the Invitation to Tender documents, please provide:
- your name
- position within the company
- company name
- contact email
to Procurement@md.catapult.org.uk

Award information

Awarded date

28 November 2017

Contract start date

1 February 2018

Contract end date

31 January 2019

Total value of contract

£0

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Genedata AG

Address

Margarethenstrasse 38
Basel
4053
Switzerland

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Manager

Address

Block 35, Mereside
Alderley Park
Alderley Edge
SK10 4TG
England

Email

Procurement@md.catapult.org.uk

Website

https://md.catapult.org.uk