Official UK procurement notice
Recruitment of Transition Lead Role for Medicines Discovery Catapult
Authority: MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRecruitment of a Transition Lead role at MDC. With duties to cover:
Transition Leadership to support phasing of new operating model.
Member of the MDC Discovery Leadership team, with accountability to the Chief Scientific Officer for business analytics, operational support and process improvement, working in collaboration with the Discovery Operations team; Heads of Lab Capabilities and Scientific Technical Leads.
Phase, implement, embed and stabilise the new operating model including all process improvements and ways of working to ensure delivery to time quality and cost.
Contribute to establishment of a high performing Delivery Operations function to enable and support the collection, analysis and interpretation of data to drive informed decision making and delivery excellence, ensuring appropriate governance and compliance.
Work with MDC leadership to translate pipeline demand into an operational plan for delivery and make recommendations as required to support effective delivery.
Establish and monitor the utilisation of people and lab resources to provide accurate and timely capacity data, to inform operational decision making.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 19 Dec 2025, 12:22 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Dec 2025, 12:22 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-084868- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fa49Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published19 Dec 2025, 12:22 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCI PARTNERS LLPSME | £160,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · SCI PARTNERS LLPSME
- Signed
- 11 Nov 2025
- Value
- £160,000
- Period
- 13 Nov 2025 – 12 May 2026 · up to 12 Aug 2026 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The contract can be extended for a further three months, dependent on satisfactory performance and business requirements.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SCI PARTNERS LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender