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title: "The Supply, Delivery, Installation and Maintenance of Laboratory Equipment"
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# The Supply, Delivery, Installation and Maintenance of Laboratory Equipment

Buyer: MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02d76a

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## Summary

The Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC), based in Cheshire, UK, has completed a procurement process titled "The Supply, Delivery, Installation and Maintenance of Laboratory Equipment". This procurement, categorised under laboratory, optical, and precision equipment, was initiated as a limited tender with a focus on providing essential equipment for COVID-PCR testing. The award for this tender was signed on 23rd July 2021, following a decision related to maintaining ISO 15189 accreditation. The process involved a single supplier, Life Technologies Limited, which successfully fulfilled the contract valued at £500,000.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in laboratory equipment and services, particularly those capable of providing specific items required by ISO-accredited facilities. Suppliers who focus on precision laboratory instruments and maintain accreditation relevant to the healthcare sector, especially those involved in diagnostics and medical research, would be particularly well-suited to compete in similar future tenders. The stringent requirements and awarded contract reflect a stable demand for high-quality, compliant products and services within the medical research industry.

## Notice

Medicines Discovery Catapult Ltd (MDC) is a national facility for collaborative R&D exploring and developing new approaches to the discovery and proof of well targeted medicines, diagnostics and biomarkers. Funded by Innovate UK, an agency of the UK government, MDC are an independent not-for-profit company bringing together a fragmented UK sector of industry, academia, charities, technologists, services, finance companies, SMEs and start-ups who together can turn good science into new, high value products. By sharing problems, rare expertise and assets we support the growth of this new community through a time of radical business and national change.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

MDC are expanding their PCR capability and thus require the supply and installation of the below equipment for COVID-PCR testing via the Accredited assay: 5 x Thermo Kingfisher flex 3 x Quant Studio 7's MDC Ltd is a ISO accreditation laboratory within the terms of the ISO 15189 Accreditation we must use the above equipment.

### Procurement Information

MDC is an ISO 15189 Accreditation Laboratory and our commercial contracts dictate that we must hold / retain this status. The ISO 15189 Accreditation has been reviewed / awarded on the current equipment within the MDC Laboratory including the Thermo Fisher Kingfishers, as such we are unable to install 'other' equipment into the laboratory without this affecting the ISO 15189 Accreditation. The installation of 'other' equipment would invalidate the ISO 15189 Accreditation and the MDC would be have to be reassessed for the ISO 15189 Accreditation and the introduction of 'other' equipment. The need to stay with the current equipment supplier is founded on the use of a single assay and protocol under our UKAS accreditation; this ensures that 1) Workflow is consistent to one method 2) Mistakes cannot occur due to confusion of different methods, training a workforce of more than 700FTE on new systems, sops and complex workflows runs risks that errors will be introduced 3) That the quality standards required by UKAS are continued to be met 4) We maintain consistency with reagent provider CE-certification on this equipment

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020475-2021 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Aug 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 22 Jul 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £500,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT |
| Locality | CHESHIRE |
| Post town | Stockport |
| Postcode | SK10 4TG |
| 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 | TLD62 Cheshire East |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | LIFE TECHNOLOGIES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

### Codes

- 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

## Release History

- 20 Aug 2021 at 12:22 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020475-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://md.catapult.org.uk/

## Provenance

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