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University of Dundee

High-Throughput Experimentation (HTE) Software for Drug Discovery

Business ServicesCPV 72322000
Value£210k
Deadline16 Oct 2026
Published11 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 11 Sept 202635 days leftCloses 16 Oct 2026
Who to contact
Kingsley Eboh
keboh001@dundee.ac.uk

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£210ktotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

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The brief

HTE is a field of chemistry that expanded exponentially in the past five years, and most pharmaceutical companies are currently using it in their workflows.

This methodology allows multi-parameter optimisation of chemical reactions but also synthesis of multiple compounds (96 to 384) on a small-scale using plate chemistry.

Combined with the implementation of Direct-to-Biology (D2B) approaches, which involves the direct testing of non-purified mixtures, biological data is obtained faster.

The combination of these methods greatly improves the Design, Make, Test, and Analyse (DMTA) cycle.

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1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

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Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

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  • Hold at bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
  • Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
  • Plan for deliveryData protection / DPIA readiness
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
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Source
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Buyer ref
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