Official UK procurement notice
Service and Maintenance of Mass Spectrometry Equipment
Authority: MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMedicines Discovery Catapult Ltd. (MDC) are 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.
This Invitation to Tender (ITT) has been issued by the MDC for The Service and Maintenance of Mass Spectrometry Equipment to the MDC at their premises at Alderley Park in Cheshire.
This ITT is in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The Contract Notice has been advertised in the UK governments Find a Tender Services and Contracts Finder . The process is being conducted under the EU Procurement Directive’s Open Procedure.
- Recurrence: Re-tender estimated to take place Summer 2026
CPV: Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Medicines Discovery Catapult Ltd. (MDC) Mass Spectrometry (MS) group requires a…Published value£300,000
Medicines Discovery Catapult Ltd. (MDC) Mass Spectrometry (MS) group requires a three-year contract, with the option to extend for a further two (2), one (1) year periods maintenance agreement and service contract for mass spectrometers, including associated ionisation devices, chromatographic peripherals, PCs and software, located in Alderley Park, Cheshire. All equipment (mass spectrometers, including associated ionisation devices, chromatographic peripherals, PCs and software) is less than five years old (individual dates as per Equipment List Appendix 4) and has been fully serviced by the manufacturer to date. The contract will include a fully comprehensive cover inclusive of original parts, labour, remote assistance, on-site engineer support when required, and one annual preventative maintenance visit per instrument.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · Re-tender estimated to take place Summer 2026
- First published
- 30 Jul 2021, 11:12 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jul 2021, 11:12 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 1 Sept 2021 – …
- Authority reference
DN543999- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-018212- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ce92Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 1 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Timeline
30 Jul 2021 → 1 Sept 2021 · 3 dates- Notice published30 Jul 2021, 11:12 BST
- Submission deadline1 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened1 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Medicines Discovery Catapult LtdReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.