To provide a maintenance contract for two Liquid Handlers at the two locations mentioned above (one at each site). The service will provide yearly care, preventative maintenance and repair of Tecan Fluent 1080 and 780 liquid handlers including third party connected equipment in relevant CGTC sites. Description of Requirement/Product The full preventative maintenance of the Tecan Fluent liquid handling system, including the full replacement of system liquid tubing for fixed tip liquid FCA and replacement of air FCA DiTi probes. Replacement and maintenance of any Tecan Fluent components, including but not limited to: pipetting arms and RGA components, PCBs, multi-sense boards, cLLD boxes, gas struts, 1:4 dilutors, 1:3 valves, syringes. Full validation of pipetting accuracy, positioning and functionality. Full service and maintenance, including software and drivers, , i, for: Tecan Fluent, Te-Chrom, Coolmaster, Rotanta 460, centrifuge, Bioshake T-3000 yearly, with ad-hoc call-outs in the event of a breakdown or requiring fixing of any the equipment stated above. Fixing and preventative maintenance to be conducted during standard work hours on site The supplier must provide a break down service - initial troubleshooting with CGTC client via phone, email and/or chat device. For potential call-out, response time needs to be 24-72 hours of initial reporting to supplier. If fault occurs the supplier is responsible for provision of spare or replacement parts. 24-72 hour call out period.
Direct order for supply, installation and commissioning of process Environmental Monitoring System (pEMS) for Module at S-MIC in support of INmune Bio process requirements.
The PEMS is required to connect to the particle and viable counters as part of the product batch release data. The particle and viable counters are unique to the supplier.
Additional or repeat goods, services or works, where a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving a product or service that is incompatible with existing goods, services or works. The incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.
Better Decisions Group have been providing annual support services to CGTC since 2021. The support and maintenance agreement is a renewal of an existing contract that covers CGTC with an SLA to cover issue resolution requiring BDG to assign a consultant at short notice.
Better Decisions Group have been providing annual support services to CGTC since 2021. The support and maintenance agreement is a renewal of an existing contract that covers CGTC with an SLA to cover issue resolution requiring BDG to assign a consultant at short notice.
To make a direct award to 'Kings College London', to deliver, using an experienced consultant to be the National Clinical Lead for the Advanced Therapy Treatment Centres in relation to supporting with NHS preparedness and clinical trials for ATMPs.
The CGT Catapult Learning and Development (L&D) and Human Resources (HR) function currently uses a centralised online system which offers a combined Learning Management System (LMS), a Performance Management System (PMS) to support employee learning and development and a complementary talent management tool for talent management and succession planning.
The CGT Catapult Skills team is externally facing and uses a separate LMS to deliver industry relevant training content to customers that is hosted directly on the LMS, and to sign-post relevant training from our third-party partners, which directs users onto external websites (currently known as the Life Sciences Learner Hub (LSLH)). Following the end of a period of Government (Innovate UK) funding provided in relation to the Life Sciences Learner Hub (amongst other skills initiatives, access for users is transitioning to a commercial model with the use of paid memberships. The Skills team also delivers commercial training in-person at our Skills and Training Laboratories and are planning to design digital training which will be monetised and hosted on the LMS.
The contract with our current LMS and PMS provider for internal employees is due to end on 9th December 2025. We intend to terminate the contract with our current LMS provider for external customers in October 2025. We are therefore looking to award a 3+1+1 contract for a replacement provider of an LMS (both for internal use and to host the external solution, the LSLH) and a PMS with a complementary talent management solution to our preferred supplier before 18th August 2025.
The CGT Catapult Learning and Development (L&D) and Human Resources (HR) function currently uses a centralised online system which offers a combined Learning Management System (LMS), a Performance Management System (PMS) to support employee learning and development and a complementary talent management tool for talent management and succession planning.
The CGT Catapult Skills team is externally facing and uses a separate LMS to deliver industry relevant training content to customers that is hosted directly on the LMS, and to sign-post relevant training from our third-party partners, which directs users onto external websites (currently known as the Life Sciences Learner Hub (LSLH)). Following the end of a period of Government (Innovate UK) funding provided in relation to the Life Sciences Learner Hub (amongst other skills initiatives, access for users is transitioning to a commercial model with the use of paid memberships. The Skills team also delivers commercial training in-person at our Skills and Training Laboratories and are planning to design digital training which will be monetised and hosted on the LMS.
The contract with our current LMS and PMS provider for internal employees is due to end on 9th December 2025. We intend to terminate the contract with our current LMS provider for external customers in October 2025. We are therefore looking to award a 3+1+1 contract for a replacement provider of an LMS (both for internal use and to host the external solution, the LSLH) and a PMS with a complementary talent management solution to our preferred supplier before 18th August 2025.
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Next Generation Sequencing Proteomics (Olink Explore HT 5400 proteins) Experiments, storage and gene sequencing.
The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGT Catapult) is looking to procure the services of a specialist provider, that has significant experience working with organisations in the research, technology, innovation, pharmaceutical and/or life sciences space to conduct impartial, in-depth interviews of CGT Catapult's collaborators, clients, partners and stakeholders (together being "Collaborators") as well as CGT Catapult's internal personnel (together with the Collaborators being the "Interviewees") to evidence and demonstrate CGT Catapult's impact and performance to its grant funders.
The specialised OPSWAT secure data‑transfer solution enabling authenticated transfer and backup of instrument data. It provides controlled external access for collaborator users who cannot access CGTC's internal network and fills a technical capability gap required for project delivery.
The primary aim of this procurement is to secure a high-throughput sequencing service provider to perform sequencing services for the Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Catapult on a fee-per-service basis. This service will support the CGT Catapult's mission of accelerating the commercialization of innovation from research and overcoming technical barriers in advanced therapy medicinal product (ATMP) development. The selected provider's services will complement CGT Catapult's unique technical facilities and expertise at its London site.
This procurement seeks comprehensive high-throughput sequencing services. These services will be utilized for deep process characterization, particularly for processes like stem cell differentiation and viral vector manufacturing. The required services include, but are not limited to:
Lot 1 - High-throughput short-read sequencing of libraries generated by CGT Catapult (i.e., sequencing only)
Lot 2 - Bulk RNA sequencing
Lot 3 - Bulk small RNA sequencing
Lot 4 - Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) of cryopreserved/fixed samples
Lot 5 - AAV genome short-read sequencing
Lot 6 - Sanger sequencing
Additional or repeat goods, services or works, where a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving a product or service that is incompatible with existing goods, services or works. The incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.
Management of servers, LAN, Wi-Fi, and virtual machines.
Perimeter security using Firewalls and IPS.
Endpoint device security.
Monitoring and backup management
Provision of certain hardware and software
Regular security patching and software updates
Some third-line IT support services for infrastructure and application incidents and issues.
Out of scope:
Telephony
The MSP will be expected to be able to adapt the services in an agreed manner over the course of the contract.
The scope of the services currently provided by CGTC IT is:
25 to 30 servers
5 UK sites and data centres, with dual network connectivity from different providers, each site connected by site-to-site VPN via Watchguard firewalls.
500 users, 550 end user devices, with Microsoft 365 E3 subscriptions, with Enterprise Mobility and Security and Mimecast Email Security
6 to 7 Software as a Service (SaaS) applications
2 to 3 Line of Business (LoB) server-hosted applications
To ensure accurate, timely, and compliant preparation and submission of Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit claims under HMRC guidelines.
To ensure that submissions are received at least a calendar month to HMRC before the R&D cycle deadline or annual tax return, whichever is earlier. This will be agreed by the finance team.
To support innovation and investment in qualifying R&D activities through optimised and defensible tax credit claims.
To align procurement and delivery processes with the new Procurement Act 2024 ensuring transparency, fairness, and value for money.