Planning

Request for Information - Finance System for Medicines Discovery Catapult

MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT SERVICES LIMITED

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Planning

01 Jun 2023 at 17:18

Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Medicines Discovery Catapult Services Limited has initiated a planning stage tender titled "Request for Information - Finance System for Medicines Discovery Catapult". The organisation, funded by Innovate UK, supports the UK life sciences industry by industrialising and driving the adoption of new tools and technologies for drug discovery. The tender focuses on acquiring a financial analysis and accounting software package, suitable for SMEs, and is open for engagement until June 22, 2023.

This opportunity presents businesses in the financial analysis and accounting software industry a chance to collaborate with Medicines Discovery Catapult in transforming the drug discovery process. Companies offering software packages related to financial analysis and accounting are well-suited to compete. The tender, based in England, aims to enhance invoicing and reporting capabilities, requiring a scalable ERP system to drive efficiency and sustain growth for the life sciences sector.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Request for Information - Finance System for Medicines Discovery Catapult

Notice Description

The Catapult centres are a network of world-leading centres designed to transform the UK's capability for innovation in specific areas and help drive future economic growth - https://catapult.org.uk/catapult-centres/ Funded by Innovate UK, an agency of the UK government, Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) is a government-funded, not-for-profit organisation whose primary goal is in helping the life science community push the boundaries of the drug discovery business by industrialising and driving the adoption of new tools and technologies for the sector. New industrialised technologies are vital for delivering new medicines to patients, faster. Therefore, we provide unique scientific capabilities, and act as a gateway to UK resources and expertise, supporting UK SMEs to drive the development and industrialisation of innovative approaches for the discovery of new medicines. By validating new ways of discovering medicines and driving key talent and expertise across the sector, we support the UK life sciences industry, SMEs, and innovators to deliver growth for the UK economy and maintain the UK's heritage position as a global leader in medicines R&D. As detailed above we provide scientific capabilities to support our sector through the use of Innovate funding to research innovative new capabilities of the delivery of fee for service commercial contracts. Our delivery is structured and tracked as projects and require us to be able to capture direct and indirect costs on a project-by-project basis to support invoicing. Whilst all contracts are managed via projects MDC has multiple different contract types which have significantly different invoicing and reporting requirements, examples of invoicing types range from Innovate UK which requires detailed reporting of all claimed items to commercial contracts that run on milestone completion and/or defined periodic invoicing. Our aim as an organisation is to ensure we drive efficiency of processes to ensure we can grow sustainably whilst ensuring our people are supported to focus on the value add and analytical activities rather than the manual and repetitive. We recognise that our systems are not currently fit for purpose end to end, and that the introduction of a coherent system architecture anchored by an ERP will be a key step in enabling us to move forward. We also recognise that our processes are not supporting efficiency and we would therefore seek to adopt the core system as much as is practicable with change happening within our business processes. To access the RFI documentation please go to the Proactis e-procurement portal and register at: https://procontract.due-north.com/Register. If you have already registered with Proactis, the RFI advert can be found at: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=046bad91-9900-ee11-8123-005056b64545.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-793c3d22-9b91-42b6-8c43-7848380de41b
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/29c2682b-1471-4b96-8958-8790300b3f37
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48440000 - Financial analysis and accounting software package

48441000 - Financial analysis software package

48442000 - Financial systems software package

48443000 - Accounting software package

48444000 - Accounting system

48445000 - Customer Relation Management software package

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Jun 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
22 Jun 2023Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT SERVICES LIMITED
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MACCLESFIELD
Postcode
SK10 4ZF
Post Town
Stockport
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD6 Cheshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD62 Cheshire East
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Cheshire East
Electoral Ward
Chelford
Westminster Constituency
Tatton

Further Information

Notice Documents

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