Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Legal Services
Authority: MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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.
(catapult.org.uk/catapult-centres/ ↗). Our specific area is medicines discovery.
Funded by Innovate UK, an agency of the UK government, we are an independent not-for-profit company bringing together industry, academia, charities, technologists, services, finance companies, SMEs and start-ups who together can turn good science into new, high value products.
Medicines Discovery Catapult Ltd. (MDC) is a national facility connecting the UK community to accelerate innovative drug discovery.
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 new approaches for the discovery of new medicines.
By validating new ways of discovering medicines and driving key talent and expertise across the sector, we will 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.
Ultimately, new industrialised technologies are vital for delivering new medicines to patients, faster.
The UK Lighthouse Laboratories were established across the UK in a matter of weeks to dramatically increase the number of coronavirus tests that can take place each day to support the national effort against the coronavirus pandemic.
The new Lighthouse Laboratories have been constructed through a partnership with the Department of Health, MDC, UK Biocentre and the University of Glasgow. Their development is closely supported by both the NHS and Public Health England.
MDC is leading the Lighthouse Lab located in new dedicated labs at Bruntwood SciTech’s Alderley Park.
More information on the UK Lighthouse Lab Network is available here: www.lighthouselabs.org.uk ↗
CPV: Legal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of Legal services to support the MDC in a specific projectAwarded
Provision of Legal services to support the MDC in a specific project. Services expected to commence August 2021 and run until the project has finished estimated 31st December 2021.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Aug 2021, 15:19 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Aug 2021, 15:19 BST
- Authority reference
DN565167- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-020498- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d781Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The procurement is for Legal Services which is defined within the Light Touch regime and is under the required threshold for publication in OJEU / Find a Tender Service.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knights Professional Services Limited | £400,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Legal Services · Knights Professional Services Limited
- Signed
- 3 Aug 2021
- Value
- £400,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Medicines Discovery Catapult LtdReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Knights Professional Services LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.