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Published 19 Dec 2025, 12:22 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Recruitment of Transition Lead Role for Medicines Discovery Catapult

Official notice

Authority: MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED (Public body)

Below threshold - without competition
Awarded value£160,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 11 Nov 2025no call for competition
Awarded to SCI PARTNERS LLP

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Recruitment 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 published
Lot #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
UK
Official registry OCID
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Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    19 Dec 2025, 12:22 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £160,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Nov 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
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

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
  • SCI PARTNERS LLPAwarded supplierGB-COH: OC376888GB-PPON: PBTP-7487-LZGX The Home Office Pennyroyal Court, Tring, East of England, HP23 5QYContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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