--- title: "Premarket Engagement for Downstream Manufacturing Cleanroom Braintree" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06ee89" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06ee89" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06ee89.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06ee89.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "CELL THERAPY CATAPULT LIMITED" published: "2026-08-28" --- # Premarket Engagement for Downstream Manufacturing Cleanroom Braintree Buyer: CELL THERAPY CATAPULT LIMITED Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ee89 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06ee89) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06ee89.json) ## Summary Cell & Gene Therapy Catapult is planning a new Grade C downstream manufacturing cleanroom, known as Module B, at the Braintree Manufacturing Innovation Centre in Braintree. The requirement is a complete design-and-build project for a cleanroom facility suitable for GMP manufacturing operations. Its scope is expected to include cleanroom construction, HVAC, utilities, electrical systems, controls and integration with existing systems at the centre. The work is classified as laboratory building construction and includes associated building structures, fittings, laboratory benching, pumps, heating and plumbing equipment. The buyer is a public undertaking focused on cell and gene therapy manufacturing innovation. Suppliers with an interest in technically complex, regulated manufacturing facilities may find the requirement relevant. The procurement is at the planning stage and the buyer is undertaking preliminary market engagement before starting a formal procurement. This is not an invitation to tender. The engagement is intended to test delivery capability, refine the specification, confirm the programme and budget assumptions, and inform the eventual procurement and contracting strategy. Suppliers are expected to complete the engagement documents by 16 September 2026. The buyer currently expects the project contract period to run from 4 October 2026 to 1 March 2028, with the facility fully commissioned and qualified for GMP manufacturing operations by March 2028. The current estimated gross value is £1,200,000. The procurement is planned as one lot, with no formal tender procedure or evaluation basis yet set out. This engagement is suited to a principal contractor or integrated design-and-build team able to deliver a regulated cleanroom facility from design through construction, commissioning and qualification. Relevant capability includes Grade C cleanroom construction, HVAC and building services, process and facility utilities, electrical installation, control systems, systems integration and laboratory fit-out. The buyer is specifically seeking evidence of relevant GMP cleanroom experience, available delivery capacity, realistic timescales, long-lead item requirements, key project risks and indicative costs. Businesses able to coordinate multiple technical disciplines and integrate new infrastructure with an operating manufacturing innovation centre should prepare evidence of comparable projects. Specialist subcontractors may also be relevant where they support the complete delivery team, particularly in cleanroom, HVAC, utilities or controls work. ## Notice Pre-market engagement is being undertaken for the proposed design and build of a new Grade C downstream manufacturing cleanroom (Module B) at the Braintree Manufacturing Innovation Centre (BMIC). The engagement will test the market's capability to deliver the complete design, construction, commissioning and qualification of the facility, including cleanroom construction, HVAC, utilities, electrical systems, controls and integration with existing BMIC systems. Suppliers will also be asked to provide feedback on their relevant GMP cleanroom experience, capacity to deliver the project, proposed timescales, long-lead items, key risks and indicative costs. The feedback received will help refine the specification, confirm the project programme and budget assumptions, and inform the procurement and contracting strategy ahead of the formal procurement process. The current target is for the facility to be fully commissioned, qualified and ready for GMP manufacturing operations by March 2028. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Laboratory-furniture./GZTEZ74MXM To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/GZTEZ74MXM ### Planning Information Please complete the documents available in our Portal. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082181-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Works | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 28 Aug 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 16 Sep 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 4 Oct 2026 - 1 Mar 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,200,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CELL THERAPY CATAPULT LIMITED | | Locality | LONDON | | Postcode area | South East London | | Postcode | SE1 9RT | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark | | Local authority | Southwark | | Electoral ward | London Bridge & West Bermondsey | | Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products - 42 - Industrial machinery - 44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) - 45 - Construction work ### Codes - 39180000 - Laboratory furniture - 39181000 - Laboratory benching - 39715000 - Water heaters and heating for buildings; plumbing equipment - 42122500 - Laboratory pumps and accessories - 42300000 - Industrial or laboratory furnaces, incinerators and ovens - 44111000 - Building materials - 44112000 - Miscellaneous building structures - 44115000 - Building fittings - 44115800 - Building internal fittings - 44211000 - Prefabricated buildings - 44211100 - Modular and portable buildings - 44212000 - Structural products and parts except prefabricated buildings - 45110000 - Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work - 45210000 - Building construction work - 45214610 - Laboratory building construction work ## Release History - 28 Aug 2026 at 13:14 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082181-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082181-2026 28th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/GZTEZ74MXM - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Laboratory-furniture./GZTEZ74MXM - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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