Published date: 3 May 2017
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000
Location of contract
North East
Value of contract
£25,000
Procurement reference
NCL001-DN253521-34533001
Published date
3 May 2017
Closing date
10 April 2017
Contract start date
1 May 2017
Contract end date
1 December 2017
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other:
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Prof. Che Connon of Newcastle University has invented a cell encapsulation technology which provides a novel solution to the many problems associated with the transportation and storage of cells and cultures.
The proposal is to set up a company ("StemGel") to exploit the commercial opportunities presented by the core technology platform. Those opportunities span a wide range of segments of the overall life sciences sector, including, but not limited to, research tools for the individual laboratory researcher through to new therapeutics for regenerative medicine. The business will use its core IP to provide kits for the transportation of cells in the laboratory supply and cell distribution sectors. Routes to market will include direct sales to individual researchers and sub-licensing to companies whose core business is the sale of high value engineered cells and tissues. There will be a progressive roll out into more complex (but higher value) segments.
Although there are technologies already on the market for the hypothermic transportation of cells and tissues, there is no established market leader and StemGel's technology provides a number of significant additional benefits, including:
• Compatible with a wide range of cell types (including stem cells)
• No recovery period required before cells are available for use
• All cell functions and viability are maintained after storage and transport
• Simple to use
The initial brief of the executive will be to:
(a) Produce a viable business plan;
(b) Obtain university approval for the venture;
(c) Act for the company in the spin-out legal process and address all company formation matters;
(d) Secure (venture capital and other) funding
Stage (d) will produce the funds by which the new start-up company can employ the executive going forward. It is expected, and the intent of the scheme, that the Executive will remain with the business following the end of the contract period.
Award information
Awarded date
13 April 2017
Contract start date
1 May 2017
Contract end date
30 November 2017
Total value of contract
£25,000
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
McLean & McLean Ltd
Address
3 Barley Way, Linton, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4YN
Reference
None
Supplier is SME?
Yes
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Leigh Anderson
Address
Newcastle University
1 Park Tce
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
England
Telephone
+44 1912228618
Website
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