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# A multi-drug resistant pathogen reference strain and clinical isolate collection

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/a-multi-drug-resistant-pathogen-reference-strain-and-clinical-isolate-collection-ocds-h6vhtk-0425a3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED: "A multi-drug resistant pathogen reference strain and clinical isolate collection". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/medicines-discovery-catapult-limited-coh-09928547)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £695,718 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0425a3`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/a-multi-drug-resistant-pathogen-reference-strain-and-clinical-isolate-collection-ocds-h6vhtk-0425a3#tl-md)

## Description
A multi-drug resistant pathogen reference strain and clinical isolate collection representative of pathogens and resistance mechanisms directly aligned to the PACE first funding call that can be used by the provider to generate antimicrobial susceptibility data across PACE-funded projects and that can be made available to PACE awardees for onward project progression.
Continued expansion and characterisation of the strain and isolate collection to ensure it remains reflective of contemporary and genomically diverse multi-drug resistant and epidemic lineages of target pathogens (~20-30 strains) across E. coli, K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, A. baumannii and S. aureus. This expanded collection will be made available for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) across PACE-funded projects and the wider AMR community.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73200000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The UKHSA are well positioned to provide the services required by PACE for PACE portfolio funded projects and the wider AMR community. This will include but not be limited to the following:
AST against a well characterised (including phenotypically, ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 003875-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **UK Health Security Agency**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-104454`
  - Value: £695,718 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 036804-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **UK Health Security Agency**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-104454`
  - Value: £695,718 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 003875-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £695,718
  - Signed Date: 02/01/2024

- **Contract:** 036804-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £695,718
  - Signed Date: 29/11/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003875-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-02-06T13:38:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T02:38:12.962Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0425a3