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title: "Medicines Discovery Catapult - Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) and Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)"
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# Medicines Discovery Catapult - Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) and Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/medicines-discovery-catapult-electronic-laboratory-notebook-eln-and-laboratory-information-ocds-h6vhtk-03d6a9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED: "Medicines Discovery Catapult - Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) and Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **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:** 17 July 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKD
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03d6a9`

## Before you bid
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- **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/medicines-discovery-catapult-electronic-laboratory-notebook-eln-and-laboratory-information-ocds-h6vhtk-03d6a9#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2Fregister)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/medicines-discovery-catapult-electronic-laboratory-notebook-eln-and-laboratory-information-ocds-h6vhtk-03d6a9#participate

## Description
Research data is the primary deliverable of MDC and it is essential to have an evident and secure way of its documentation. The data will be used to advance internal capability-build and external fee-for-service research projects from a diverse set of scientific technologies, including Mass Spectrometry, Imaging, In-vivo Imaging, Complex Cells, Biomarker and Target Engagement & Validation studies. Consistent with MDC's vision of collaborative working, the platform must enable seamless data sharing for internal and external projects with scientists and institutions.
The software's main task is to document research data and to provide evidence of Good Laboratory Practice as well as improving lab productivity and efficiency, by keeping track of data associated with samples, experiments, laboratory workflows, and instruments. MDC does not currently have a commercial ELN as the previous ELN contract ended in July 2021.
The current means of tracking samples and laboratory consumables is a combination of paper-based documentation and Microsoft spreadsheets. This is no longer fit for purpose as the business expands and diversifies to include work with clinical samples. As such, MDC now requires a robust LIMS with full traceability to ensure that quality is maintained and to readily demonstrate the integrity of work involving clinical samples.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled

- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKD

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 006941-2024-1 (unsuccessful)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006941-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-03-05T09:04:24.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T18:11:27.709Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03d6a9