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Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

Freeze Driers SPC and Software upgrade and support

Software & IT SystemsCPV 48000000
Value£600k
Deadline4 Aug 2021
Published23 Jul 2021
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 23 Jul 2021ClosedCloses 4 Aug 2021
Who to contact
Jonathan Bowdery
jonathan.bowdery@mhra.gov.uk
+44 2030806000

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£600ktotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£1.1m

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The brief

The Schneider Electric industrial freeze dryers (Models CS15, CS100, and CS150) at NIBSC produce all the lyophilised products in the NIBSC catalogue.

In addition, the freeze dryers are also used for contract work for external parties.

NIBSC Significant revenue is generated per annum through the sale of NIBSC catalogue products and contract work.

The current system (Contollers and software) supporting the freeze driers is outdated, no longer supported, and starting to fail.

The system needs to be upgraded as soon as possible to ensure business critical activities and the safety of public

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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The system needs to be upgraded as

The system needs to be upgraded as soon as possible to ensure business critical activities and the safety of public.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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