Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-6277 Fast HDX System
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: East of England (UKH12)
Awarded value£282,531published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 28 Sept 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Nicoya Lifesciences Inc
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUKRI have selected a supplier to provide a millisecond-time-resolved HDX labelling system, including delivery and installation of the equipment.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- 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 Oct 2026, 10:55 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Oct 2026, 10:59 BST
- Authority reference
UKRI-6277- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096870- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078738Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
To meet the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology’s (LMB) multi-omics research objectives across proteomics, lipidomics, and metabolomics, the FastHDX platform incorporates several crucial, patented technologies:
- Patented Flow & Delay-Loop Architecture: Rapid-mixing and multi-volume delay-loop switching system. Enables sub-second labelling down to millisecond timepoints while maintaining precise, software-controlled flow rates.
- Back-Exchange Mitigation & Quench Control: Proprietary fluidic circuit with strict temperature control throughout the quench zone. Utilizes rapid online valve switching to transition sample directly into LC digestion columns without sample loss or back-exchange degradation.
No other commercially available system meets the required technical specification to allow MRC LMB to meet their research objectives.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
14 Oct 2026 → 23 Oct 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published1 day ago14 Oct 2026, 10:59 BST
- Today15 Oct 2026
- Standstill endsin 9 days23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Oct 2026- Transparency notice published14 Oct 2026, 10:55 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published14 Oct 2026, 10:59 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £282,5311 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicoya Lifesciences IncSME28 Oct 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 | £282,531 | 28 Sept 2026standstill to 23 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Nicoya Lifesciences IncAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender