Awarded contract

Drug Discovery Advancement Consultancy

Details

Supplier(s)
Future Bio Consulting Ltd
Value
£286,440
Topic
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published
28 October 2026

Tender description

This University of Edinburgh requires highly specialised drug discovery and development consultancy including spinout and commercialisation support. Lot 1: The Baillie Gifford Pandemic Sciences Hub intend to appoint Future Bio Consultancy to provide highly specialised strategic advisory services in drug discovery and development including associated spinout and commercialisation support. The University considers competition to be absent for technical reasons as per Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015-33 (1) (b) (ii)Technical Reasons: The consultant identified possesses unique scientific, medical, commercial skills and project-specific knowledge (including therapeutic innovation, AI integration, strategic collaborations, and resource mobilisation) that are all required collectively to enable the University to meet its project requirements.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date26 October 2026
  2. Completed: Award published28 October 2026
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About the buyer

University of Edinburgh buys as a higher education institution, through its own Procurement function. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements with APUC, Scotland Excel and the Crown Commercial Service. Prior information notices invite market engagement from suppliers ahead of larger tenders. A Procurement Support team handles reporting, data analysis and training across the function.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Edinburgh's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and software and information systems.

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