Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Catapult CT · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Autolomous Ltd SME
- Value
- £350,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software development services (CPV 72212323)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 010273-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Mar 2024
- Published28 Mar 2024Published 2 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) tailored explicitly for the field of cell therapies, The MES platform should enable resource scheduling, inventory optimisation, management & execution of electronic batch records and overall manufacturing workflows, review and release activities. All workflows should be client-configurable and controlled, through the use of a zero-code, platform-embedded, builder configuration tool. The platform should be designed to comply with US FDA, EU EMA & UK MHRA guidance and aligns with the GAMP5 validation methodology, as well as being CFR 21 Part 11 compliant.
About the supplier
Autolomous Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11810723).