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# Service and Maintenance of Mass Spectrometry Equipment

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/service-and-maintenance-of-mass-spectrometry-equipment-ocds-h6vhtk-02ce92). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED: "Service and Maintenance of Mass Spectrometry Equipment". Published status: active. Published Value: £300,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 1 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/medicines-discovery-catapult-limited-coh-09928547)
- **Published Value:** £300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 1 September 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment
- **Delivery Location:** UKD62
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02ce92`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/service-and-maintenance-of-mass-spectrometry-equipment-ocds-h6vhtk-02ce92#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3D5ac9a0ae-17f1-eb11-810d-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/service-and-maintenance-of-mass-spectrometry-equipment-ocds-h6vhtk-02ce92#participate

## Description
Medicines Discovery Catapult Ltd. (MDC) are a national facility for collaborative R&D exploring and developing new approaches to the discovery and proof of well targeted medicines, diagnostics and biomarkers.  Funded by Innovate UK, an agency of the UK government, MDC are an independent not-for-profit company bringing together a fragmented UK sector of industry, academia, charities, technologists, services, finance companies, SMEs and start-ups who together can turn good science into new, high value products. By sharing problems, rare expertise and assets we support the growth of this new community through a time of radical business and national change.
This Invitation to Tender (ITT) has been issued by the MDC for The Service and Maintenance of Mass Spectrometry Equipment to the MDC at their premises at Alderley Park in Cheshire.
This ITT is in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.  The Contract Notice has been advertised in the UK governments Find a Tender Services and Contracts Finder .  The process is being conducted under the EU Procurement Directive’s Open Procedure.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 50400000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £300,000
- **Description:** Medicines Discovery Catapult Ltd. (MDC) Mass Spectrometry (MS) group requires a three-year contract, with the option to extend for a further two (2), one (1) year periods maintenance agreement and service contract for mass spectrometers, including as...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018212-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-30T10:12:51.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T12:47:54.823Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02ce92