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TCAT - Liver Ductal Project

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

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24 Jul 2026 at 10:15

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19 Jun 2026 at 13:48

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Summary of the contracting process

Public Services Delivery Scotland, part of NHS Scotland’s shared procurement service, procured research and experimental development services for the TCAT Liver Ductal Project. The work is to develop a liver ductal advanced therapy medicinal product (ATMP) based on human biliary epithelial cells (hBEC). Delivery is in Scotland. The requirement concerns specialist biomedical and life-science research supporting the development of a therapeutic product, rather than routine goods, construction or general consultancy. The named supplier group comprises BioLegend, Life Technologies Ltd, Miltenyi Biotec Ltd, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Ltd, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bio-Techne Ltd and Corning Life Sciences. Their involvement indicates a requirement drawing on laboratory technology, scientific materials, diagnostics and research-development capability for advanced cell and therapeutic-product work.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through a limited direct-award procedure without prior publication of a competition notice. The stated rationale was that competition was absent for technical reasons under Regulation 33(1)(b). The single lot was recorded as cancelled, although two active awards and two active contracts are published for the same supplier group. Each contract is valued at £117,846, and both were signed on 4 June 2026; the data does not provide a contract end date or duration. Evaluation was based equally on quality and price, at 50% each. Ten bids were recorded, including two from SMEs, three from EU-based foreign bidders and seven from non-EU foreign bidders. All ten bids were submitted electronically. The contracts were awarded to BioLegend, Life Technologies Ltd, Miltenyi Biotec Ltd, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Ltd, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bio-Techne Ltd and Corning Life Sciences.

This procurement demonstrates demand from Public Services Delivery Scotland for specialist development of liver ductal advanced therapy products. Suppliers seeking comparable work should be able to contribute credible biomedical research and experimental-development capability, particularly involving human biliary epithelial cells, advanced therapy medicinal products and laboratory-based therapeutic innovation. The selected supplier group spans life-science reagents, cell-processing technology, diagnostics, research tools and laboratory materials, so relevant businesses may be specialist product manufacturers, research technology providers or collaborative scientific-development partners. The equal weighting of quality and price indicates that technical merit and commercial competitiveness both matter. A future competitor would need evidence of technically strong delivery, access to appropriate laboratory expertise and products, and the ability to support a health-sector research programme involving multiple specialist inputs. The requirement is relevant to established life-science suppliers and capable specialist SMEs.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

TCAT - Liver Ductal Project

Notice Description

This is a project to develop a liver ductal ATMP (hBEC) product

Lot Information

Lot 1

Direct award under Regulation 33 (1) b competition is absent for technical reasons

Procurement Information

Direct award under Regulation 33 (1) b competition is absent for technical reasons

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b925
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070076-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

CPV Codes

73100000 - Research and experimental development services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£117,846 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Jul 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
4 Jun 20262 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH12 9EB
Postcode Area
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM13 City of Edinburgh
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland
Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
Drum Brae/Gyle
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh South West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
7
Supplier Names

Bio-Techne Ltd

BioLegend

Life Technologies Ltd

Miltenyi Biotec Ltd

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Ltd

corning Life Sciences

thermo fisher scientific

Further Information

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