--- title: "Request for Information - Finance System for Medicines Discovery Catapult" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-793c3d22-9b91-42b6-8c43-7848380de41b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-793c3d22-9b91-42b6-8c43-7848380de41b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-793c3d22-9b91-42b6-8c43-7848380de41b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-793c3d22-9b91-42b6-8c43-7848380de41b.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT SERVICES LIMITED" published: "2023-06-01" --- # Request for Information - Finance System for Medicines Discovery Catapult Buyer: MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT SERVICES LIMITED Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-793c3d22-9b91-42b6-8c43-7848380de41b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-793c3d22-9b91-42b6-8c43-7848380de41b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-793c3d22-9b91-42b6-8c43-7848380de41b.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/29c2682b-1471-4b96-8958-8790300b3f37 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 1 Jun 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 22 Jun 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT SERVICES LIMITED | | Locality | MACCLESFIELD | | Post town | Stockport | | Postcode | SK10 4ZF | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire | | ITL 3 | TLD62 Cheshire East | | Local authority | Cheshire East | | Electoral ward | Chelford | | Westminster constituency | Tatton | | 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) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems ### 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 ## Release History - 1 Jun 2023 at 17:18 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/29c2682b-1471-4b96-8958-8790300b3f37 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/29c2682b-1471-4b96-8958-8790300b3f37 1st June 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://catapult.org.uk/catapult-centres/ - https://md.catapult.org.uk/ - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=046bad91-9900-ee11-8123-005056b64545 - https://procontract.due-north.com/Register ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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