Published date: 6 June 2016

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 23 February 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Information-processing equipment - 42965000

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

Location of contract

East of England

Procurement reference

CON-0082

Published date

6 June 2016

Closing date

23 February 2018

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Cell & Gene Therapy Catapult (CGTC) is part of a world leading network of technology and innovation centres looking at bridging the gap between businesses, academia, research and government. The long term Government investment being made, is to transform the UK's ability to create new products and services within the cell and Gene Therapy arena, opening up global opportunities for the UK and generate sustained economic growth for the future.

The current CGT facilities based on the 12th Floor of Guys St Thomas Hospital in London hosts around 130 personnel with laboratories covering a square metre space 1,200m.

CGTC is currently building a £55M large scale advanced therapy medicinal product (ATMP) manufacturing centre (CGTMC) at Stevenage Biocatalyst in Hertfordshire. The CGTMC is planned to open in May 2017 and will be operated as a multi-occupier (collaborator) facility for UK and global companies that are looking to scale-up the manufacture ATMPs for Phase III studies.

CGTG are currently looking to engage with potential system suppliers with suitable Warehouse Management solutions to implement into the Manufacturing Centre pre May 2017. The WMS solution will include product inventory, product forecasting, warehousing operations and stock control management as standard functionality along with associated supporting API interfaces.


Cell & Gene Therapy Catapult would like to engage the supply market at this early stage to understand and interpret market intelligence into our decision making process. As such, this PIN does not formally signify the beginning of any procurement and does not constitute a commitment by CGT to undertake any procurement exercise. Your comments are invited on all questions raised in the attached document.

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Your comments are invited on all questions raised within the attached document.
Please send completed response documents and any communication via email to: will.baxter@ct.catapult.org.uk.
The deadline for submitting completed responses is 3pm, Friday 17th June 2016.

About the buyer

Contact name

Will Baxter

Address

12th Floor Tower Wing
Guys Hospital, Great Maze Pond
London
SE1 9RT
England

Email

will.baxter@ct.catapult.org.uk