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Published 18 Dec 2025, 17:22 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Lean SIx SIgma Consultancy for Medicines Discovery Catapult

Official notice

Authority: MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED (Public body)

Direct awardSME suitable
Awarded value£101,250published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 20 Jan 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to REINVIGORATION LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A lean six sigma consultant is required to deliver process improvements, identification of waste reduction, system enhancements and productivity gains.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSME

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
18 Dec 2025, 17:22 GMT
Last source update
5 Feb 2026, 15:55 GMT
Authority reference
0338
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-010622
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f9b4 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification

Reinvigoration were originally engaged via a below threshold competition and has delivered significant value in the four months since the work began with Process improvements, identification of waste reduction, system enhancements and future productivity gains.

Since the initial competition and engagement with reinvigoration, the scope of the required improvement work has expanded considerably and beyond what was originally anticipated.

This extension is intended to cover further work to deliver on these additional improvement projects, leveraging Reinvigorations existing knowledge of MDCs processes,

culture and previous work to avoid a costly ramp-up and learning that a new supplier would require.

A different consultant would not only have to start afresh in terms of understanding MDCs processes and losing the knowledge built up by Reinvigoration, but this would likely delay delivery of the overall process project due to onboarding a new supplier and risking inconsistency compared to the already delivered phases, with a potential for having to repeat work, undermining the benefits gained in our work with Reinvigoration.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

5 Feb 2026 → 16 Feb 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published258 days ago
    5 Feb 2026, 15:55 GMT
  2. Standstill ends247 days ago
    16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Dec 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    18 Dec 2025, 17:22 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    5 Feb 2026, 15:55 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    17 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £101,2501 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
REINVIGORATION LTDSME18 Feb 2026 – 18 Apr 2027£101,25020 Jan 2026standstill to 16 Feb 2026Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 09928547 · GB-PPON: PJPQ-6911-DQYY Block 35g, Mereside Alderley Park, Macclesfield, North West, SK10 4ZFContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • REINVIGORATION LTDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 06773960GB-PPON: PLTN-5632-JWXM Sbarc/Spark, Cardiff, Wales, CF24 4HQContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender