Awarded contract

Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) and Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

Details

Buyer: Medicines Discovery Catapult
Supplier(s): Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc.
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Software package and information systems
Published: 2 March 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Research data is the primary deliverable of the MDC and it is essential to have an evident and secure way of its documentation. The data will be used to advance internal capability-build and external feefor-service research projects from a diverse set of scientific technologies, including Mass Spectrometry, Imaging, In-vivo Imaging, Complex Cells, Biomarker and Target Engagement & Validation studies. Consistent with MDC's vision of collaborative working, the platform must enable seamless data sharing of refined data for internal and external projects with scientists and institutions. The software's main task is to document analysed research data and to provide evidence of Good Laboratory Practice as well as improving lab productivity and efficiency, by keeping track of data associated with samples, experiments, laboratory workflows, and instruments. MDC does not currently have a commercial ELN as the previous ELN contract ended in July 2021. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published2 March 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date2 March 2026
Next: Contract expiry date4 January 2029in 2 years

About the buyer

Medicines Discovery Catapult is a not-for-profit life science service organisation based at Alderley Park in Cheshire. The centre is part of the Innovate UK Catapult network and is co-funded by industry and government. Past tenders have covered laboratory equipment such as plate readers, a centrifuge and a mass spectrometry system. Software requirements have also gone to tender, including an electronic laboratory notebook and a quality management system.

Over the past 5 years, most of Medicines Discovery Catapult's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, software and information systems and IT services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@medicines-discovery-catapult.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@medicines-discovery-catapult.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@medicines-discovery-catapult.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@medicines-discovery-catapult.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@medicines-discovery-catapult.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@medicines-discovery-catapult.gov