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Published 8 Sept 2025, 12:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Research and Develop Tax Credit Project

Official notice

Authority: Cell & Gene Therapy Catapult (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£270,000≈ £90k / year · £270,000 inc. VAT16.7% below published estimate
Submissions closed 6 Oct 2025awarded 21 Nov 2025
Award (standstill) to Ernst & Young LLC
Contract term 3 yrsends 28 Nov 2028 · starts 27 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To ensure accurate, timely, and compliant preparation and submission of Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit claims under HMRC guidelines.

To ensure that submissions are received at least a calendar month to HMRC before the R&D cycle deadline or annual tax return, whichever is earlier. This will be agreed by the finance team.

To support innovation and investment in qualifying R&D activities through optimised and defensible tax credit claims.

To align procurement and delivery processes with the new Procurement Act 2024 ensuring transparency, fairness, and value for money.

CPV: Financial auditing services · Tax consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 3 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£270,000
Contract period: 27 Nov 2025 – 28 Nov 2028 (3 yrs)Value: £270,000 exc. VAT · £270,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
79212100 Financial auditing services79221000 Tax consultancy services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (6)
  • Previous Experience and Contract Examples: 10%
  • Understanding of brief and Delivery Plan: 15%
  • Communication and responses: 10%
  • Strength of Audit Team: 15%
  • Presentation: 10%
  • Price: 40%
Published award criteria (6)
  • Previous Experience and Contract Examples
  • Understanding of brief and Delivery Plan
  • Communication and responses
  • Strength of Audit Team
  • Presentation
  • Price
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
8 Sept 2025, 12:54 BST
Last source update
21 Nov 2025, 16:42 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 27 Oct 2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-054626
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Financial auditing servicesTax consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0595c3 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Electronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Submission deadline
6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
22 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

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Timeline

8 Sept 2025 → 3 Dec 2025 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    8 Sept 2025, 12:54 BST
  2. Clarification questions by395 days ago
    22 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline381 days ago
    6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by360 days ago
    27 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
  5. Assessment summaries sent336 days ago
    21 Nov 2025
  6. Latest notice published335 days ago
    21 Nov 2025, 16:42 GMT
  7. Contract starts330 days ago
    27 Nov 2025
  8. Standstill ends323 days ago
    3 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Sept 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    8 Sept 2025, 12:54 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    21 Nov 2025, 16:42 GMT
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    21 Nov 2025, 16:42 GMT
  4. Contract signature expected
    15 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £225,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 81 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Ernst & Young LLC17 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2028£225,000 inc. VAT21 Nov 2025standstill to 3 Dec 2025Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
8final-stage tenders · 9 at stage one10—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

CELL THERAPY CATAPULT LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 07964711 · GB-PPON: PNLN-8116-PBCH 12th Floor Tower Wing B, London, London, SE1 9RTContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Ernst & Young LLCAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PYHC-3926-HDWY 19A Khreshchatyk Street, Kyiv, UA, 01001, UAContact 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
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender