Published date: 30 October 2020
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Contract summary
Industry
Software package and information systems - 48000000
Computer-related services - 72500000
Location of contract
South East
Value of contract
£185,780
Procurement reference
VMIC202015
Published date
30 October 2020
Closing date
19 August 2020
Closing time
5pm
Contract start date
22 September 2020
Contract end date
30 September 2025
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (below threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
In setting up the vaccine manufacturing and innovation centre facility, VMIC will require a software solution for
quality control (QC) micro environmental monitoring data. The background for the required management of
environmental data is laid out below.
The manufacture of the pharmaceutical vaccines must be performed under regulated, controlled conditions.
These constant controlled conditions are essential to guarantee a consistent quality of manufactured products.
This also applies to the staff working in these clean rooms. Regulatory directives therefore require monitoring
of the environmental conditions including viable and non-viable particles and monitoring of the personnel during
manufacturing processes. VMIC facility is designed to include cleanrooms and isolators with Grade A to D
classification. Process gasses used in the manufacture process will have to be monitored for potential microbial
contamination. Furthermore, Water for Injection (WFI) is manufactured within the VMIC facility that must adhere
to regulatory standards and requires regular monitoring.
VMIC QC Microbiology will be responsible for the performing of the monitoring of the above stated areas for the
qualification of the facility and the WFI plant and will continue to monitor to enable operations in the clean rooms
and manufacture of vaccines. To that end, a software solution is sought to enable the organisation and planning
of the required monitoring activities; the collation and evaluation of data; transfer of monitoring data collated
by external equipment directly into the software system; transfer of selected data to a Laboratory Information
Management System (LIMS) for batch release purposes; and the trending of the environmental conditions. This
software solution should enable improved data transfer from planning stage through to evaluation stage by
providing considerable paperless solutions with guaranteed data integrity.
The contract is for an implementation period followed by 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 x 12
month periods.
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Award information
Awarded date
22 September 2020
Contract start date
22 September 2020
Contract end date
30 September 2025
Total value of contract
£185,780
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Lonza Sales AG
Address
Münchensteinerstrasse 38,4002
Basel
SwitzerlandReference
No reference - other
Value of contract
£185,780
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Sally Hopkin
Address
John Eccles House, Robert Robinson Avenue
Oxford
OX44GP
England
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