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Published 22 Sept 2025, 10:51 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Molecubes Preclinical SPECT Imager

Official notice

Authority: MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED (Public body)

Direct award
Awarded value£350,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 17 Sept 2025no call for competition
Award (standstill) to SOUTHERN SCIENTIFIC LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

MDC's current imaging capabilities are limited to PET and CT, which restricts us to PET based tracers. While PET imaging is a powerful tool, it cannot accommodate a growing range of radioisotopes that are increasingly relevant in theranostic applications.

These include lead 203, lead 212, lutetium 177, and actinium 225, which are essential for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. This limitation has become more pronounced as clinical and research interest in SPECT and CT imaging continues to grow.

SPECT imaging enables biodistribution studies for isotopes that PET cannot support. This opens up new possibilities for molecular imaging and expands our ability to respond to evolving scientific and clinical needs. We have a clear opportunity to address this gap by introducing SPECT and CT capability through the phased procurement of the SPECT Cube module, followed by an upgrade to the advanced SPECT Cube 2.0 platform. This will allow MDC to meet rising diagnostic demand, align with industry standards, and maintain clinical competitiveness.

The system supports high-energy collimators and emerging radionuclides such as 212-Pb and 203-Pb, which are critical for MDC's research pipeline and are the only system compatible with existing MDC Molecubes equipment which enables an integrated system allowing simultaneous imaging of SPECT PET and CT imaging in one work flow.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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
22 Sept 2025, 10:51 BST
Last source update
22 Sept 2025, 14:16 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-058527
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059ecc Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

The system supports high-energy collimators and emerging radionuclides such as 212-Pb and 203-Pb, which are critical for MDC's research pipeline and are compatible with existing MDC equipment which enables an integrated system allowing simultaneous imaging of SPECT PET and CT imaging in one work flow.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

22 Sept 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published394 days ago
    22 Sept 2025, 14:16 BST
  2. Standstill ends385 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Sept 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    22 Sept 2025, 10:51 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    22 Sept 2025, 14:16 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    2 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £350,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
SOUTHERN SCIENTIFIC LIMITEDSME2 Oct 2025 – 2 Jan 2027£350,00017 Sept 2025standstill to 1 Oct 2025Standstill

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
  • SOUTHERN SCIENTIFIC LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 01800317GB-PPON: PXMH-3166-PNVW Scientific House Henfield Business Park, Henfield, South East, BN5 9SLContact 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