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A multi-drug resistant pathogen reference strain and clinical isolate collection

WAC ID:147680

NHS & HealthcareAward noticeClosed32014L0024

Source:	Find a Tender Service (FTS)
Notice Type:	Award notice
Buyer:	MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT
Main Category:	Services
Procurement Method:	Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Method Rationale:	This is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice, indicating that Medicines Discovery Catapult, intends to enter into a contract with the UK Health Security Agency for a multi-drug resistant pathogen reference strain and clinical isolate collection without a call to competition in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ((32.2(b) ii). The contract is directly aligned to the PACE (Pathways to Antimicrobial Clinical Efficacy) first funding call that can be used by the provider to generate antimicrobial susceptibility data across PACE-funded projects and that can be made available to PACE awardees for onward project progression and will allow continued expansion and characterisation of the strain and isolate collection to ensure it remains reflective of contemporary and genomically diverse multi-drug resistant and epidemic lineages of target pathogens (~20-30 strains) across E. coli, K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, A. baumannii and S. aureus. This expanded collection will be made available for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) across PACE-funded projects and the wider AMR community. The UKHSA maintains unique capabilities and assets that are part of the country's critical national infrastructure to support this aim, this includes; The English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR), which identifies emergence and trends in key resistance-causing pathogens. The AMRHAI (antimicrobial resistance and healthcare associated infections) national reference unit, part of the Bacteriology reference department (BRD) - a national and international laboratory reference centre for a bacterial infections. The isolate bank will be evolved using the latest surveillance and national reference laboratory data on clinical isolates currently circulating nationally and internationally and; UKHSA AMR labs then enable rapid characterisation of new isolates including full antibiogram and whole genome sequencing.

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Contract award notice· 14 Dec 2023Viewing
A multi-drug resistant pathogen reference strain and clinical isolate collection
Contract award notice· 6 Feb 2024
A multi-drug resistant pathogen reference strain and clinical isolate collection

Earlier notices predate the Procurement Act 2023 (commenced 24 Feb 2025) and therefore don't carry UK1–UK17 codes.

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Award outcome

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UK Health Security AgencyGB-FTS-100677

Award status:

Active

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Organisation

MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT

Description

A multi-drug resistant pathogen reference strain and clinical isolate collection representative of pathogens and resistance mechanisms directly aligned to the PACE first funding call that can be used by the provider to generate antimicrobial susceptibility data across PACE-funded projects and that can be made available to PACE awardees for onward project progression. Continued expansion and characterisation of the strain and isolate collection to ensure it remains reflective of contemporary and genomically diverse multi-drug resistant and epidemic lineages of target pathogens (~20-30 strains) across E. coli, K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, A. baumannii and S. aureus. This expanded collection will be made available for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) across PACE-funded projects and the wider AMR community.

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