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Published 14 Jan 2026, 10:51 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Multiplex Biomarker Discover Equipment

Official notice

Authority: MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED (Public body)

Below threshold - without competition
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
+6 moreEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Awarded value£128,634published contract · inc. VAT
Awarded 9 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Merck Life Science UK Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The proposal is to purchase a new instrument to insure against the breakdown of the current aging and increasingly unreliable model and to additionally expand the use of multiplexing technology for more complex exploratory biomarker discovery.

Purchase of the proposed model would secure the current workflows, keeping the current instrument as an insurance against breakdown. In addition, this advanced model offers an expanded functionality on the current instrument which could increase output based on an increase in the types of projects we could take on.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
38000000 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
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
14 Jan 2026, 10:51 GMT
Last source update
14 Jan 2026, 10:51 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-003001
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
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Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    14 Jan 2026, 10:51 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £128,6341 contract inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Dec 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Merck Life Science UK Limited£128,634 inc. VAT †—Awarded

Contracts

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
  • MERCK LIFE SCIENCE UK LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00660457GB-PPON: PBBV-4446-YHGZ The Old Brickyard, Gillingham, South West, SP8 4XTContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender