Published date: 5 August 2021
Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.
Contract summary
Industry
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000
Location of contract
England
Value of contract
£1,000,000 to £1,500,000
Procurement reference
MEDDISC001-DN559116-37326797
Published date
5 August 2021
Approach to market date
15 August 2021
Contract start date
1 August 2021
Contract end date
31 March 2022
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) is a national facility for collaborative R&D exploring and developing new approaches to the discovery and proof of well targeted medicines, diagnostics and biomarkers. Funded by Innovate UK, an agency of the UK government, MDC are an independent not-for-profit company bringing together a fragmented UK sector of industry, academia, charities, technologists, services, finance companies, SMEs and start-ups who together can turn good science into new, high value products. By sharing problems, rare expertise and assets we support the growth of this new community through a time of radical business and national change.
Capitalising on the success of the Lighthouse Laboratory to create a new facility for innovative diagnostics, biomarkers and complex medicines and develop the UK's onshore diagnostic capability and capacity and the associated supply chain - Translational Research for Infectious Diseases (TRFID). The project will create a national facility for testing and validation of new diagnostics, biomarkers and innovative therapeutics for disease.
This prior information notice (PIN) is a signal of future intentions to the marketplace regarding the procurement of equipment for the TRFID facility. This PIN is not a call for competition. By publishing this PIN, MDC may avail itself of the opportunity to reduce the submission period from 30 days (with electronic submission) to 15 days (if the PIN has been published for at least 35 days and no longer than 12 months).
A list of the equipment that may be required is attached with this PIN. Please note that this list may change as requirements are altered. It is appreciated that new items cannot be added to the list, but it may be the case that some items are removed following review.
It is envisaged that individual invitations to tender (ITT) exercises will be conducted for each of the elements identified on the list.
This notice is for prior information.
This notice aims at reducing time limits for receipt of tenders.
PIN Questionnaire: https://procontract.due-north.com/RFx/RFxSummary?rfxId=e8bb934e-dbf5-eb11-810d-005056b64545
More information
Spend profile
| Financial year | Budget |
|---|---|
| 2021/2022 | £1,000,000 |
About the buyer
Contact name
Kieran McGowan
Address
Block 35, Mereside
Alderley Park
Cheshire
SK10 4ZF
England
Telephone
+44 1625708394
Kieran.McGowan@md.catapult.org.uk
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