Official UK procurement notice
Lean SIx SIgma Consultancy for Medicines Discovery Catapult
Authority: MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA 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 publishedProcedure 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
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f9b4Find 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- Notice published258 days ago5 Feb 2026, 15:55 GMT
- Standstill ends247 days ago16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Dec 2025- Transparency notice published18 Dec 2025, 17:22 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published5 Feb 2026, 15:55 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected17 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| REINVIGORATION LTDSME18 Feb 2026 – 18 Apr 2027 | £101,250 | 20 Jan 2026standstill to 16 Feb 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- REINVIGORATION LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender