Official UK procurement notice
Financial Management System and Project management and Resourcing System
Authority: MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionMDC requires high level solution requirements for the replacement of Financial Management and Project
Management & Resourcing systems. Suppliers who meet the requirements are invited to submit responses in
accordance with this published invitation to tender (ITT).
The tender will be published in 2 lots:
- Lot 1: Financial Management system; and
- Lot 2: Project Management and Resourcing System.
Suppliers may tender for one or both lots, submitting separate Bidder response documents for each lot. Lots will be evaluated separately and independently by different teams of evaluators, some of whom may be independent experts not directly employed by MDC. MDC reserves the right to make either separate awards
for each lot or a combined award if this provides improved value.
Details are at procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/Adve… ↗
CPV: Software package and information systems
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£300,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Financial Management SystemPublished value£200,000
Financial Management
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Payable
Employee Expenses
Reporting & Analytics
Lot #2Project Management and Resourcing SystemPublished value£100,000
Workflow
Programme/Project/work package/task management
- Resource Management
- Timesheet recording and approvals workflow
- Project Budget and Forecast (including labour and non-labour
elements)
- Visibility of financial actuals and budget vs actuals over time
(with actuals derived from the finance system)
- Portfolio Management
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: Written submission and demonstration stage
- Price
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Feb 2026, 10:36 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Feb 2026, 13:02 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 May 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-017754- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065df6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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If you have problems accessing the ITT documents, please contact [email protected]
Timeline
27 Feb 2026 → 1 May 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published236 days ago27 Feb 2026, 10:36 GMT
- Clarification questions by211 days ago24 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline211 days ago24 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts174 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by173 days ago1 May 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Feb 2026- Tender notice published27 Feb 2026, 10:36 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published27 Feb 2026, 13:02 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender