Senior Recruitment Services for Medicines Discovery Catapult
key details
| Value | £1,800,000 (£2,160,000 inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Status | complete |
| Category (CPV) | 79600000 |
| Deadline | 16 Dec 2025 |
| Procedure | open |
| SME suitable | Yes |
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-05e48f |
Award
| Supplier | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| not named | · | · | cancelled |
description
Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) are establishing an Executive and Senior Search contract to meet MDC's requirements. MDC do not guarantee any volume or value of work from this Executive and Senior Search contract; however, it is MDC's intention to use the contract for the search and replacement of specific roles. However, the MDC reserve the right to procure services outside of the contract if it sees fit.
The contract includes the search, headhunting and recruitment of roles within MDC to source senior or specialist staff. The typical scope of roles / vacancies will include, but are not limited to:
Board roles
CEO
C suite
Senior Leadership roles across all disciplines
Niche / specific roles
All of the above to include:
Permanent staff;
Fixed Term Staff;
Temporary Staff; and
Contractors.
MDC do not guarantee any volume or value of work from this contract. The value of work is calculated at a potential average of four senior hires per year, along with any interim requirements. With a significant portion of the calculated estimated value based on interim staff members approved hours where the chosen supplier makes payment to the interim staff member on behalf of MDC.
documents
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037600-2026 , tenderCancellationNotice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075300-2025 , tenderNotice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075309-2025 , tenderNotice
Documents are linked, not mirrored. They are served by the publishing authority and may require registration.
notice history
3 notices published against this procurement.
| Published | Type | Regime | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Nov 2025 | Tender notice (UK4) | Procurement Act 2023 | 075300-2025 |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Tender notice (UK4) | Procurement Act 2023 | 075309-2025 |
| 24 Apr 2026 | Procurement termination (UK12) | Procurement Act 2023 | 037600-2026 |
more from MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED
- ITT for Hot Cell · £300,000 · 5 Aug 2026
- Consultant Recruitment · 13 Mar 2026
- Financial Management System and Project management and Resourcing System · £300,000 · 27 Feb 2026
- The Supply of a Health Economic Evaluation Framework And Bespoke Analysis For AMR Diagnostic Technologies · £300,000 · 26 Feb 2026
- Lean SIx SIgma Consultancy for Medicines Discovery Catapult · 5 Feb 2026
- Multiplex Biomarker Discover Equipment · 14 Jan 2026
- Lab Consumables · 5 Jan 2026
- Xenium Single-cell Spatial Transcriptomics/Proteomics Instrument for Medicines Discovery Catapult · 5 Jan 2026
all contracts from this buyer →
similar contracts awarded
Other awarded contracts in the same category. Useful for seeing who normally wins this kind of work, and at what value.
- Senior Infrastructure and Cloud Engineer for Security · Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service · £258,960
- Business Analyst · Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service · £184,000
- Risk Analyst · Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service · £219,960
- Cloud Infrastructure Engineer · Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service · £299,000
- Oracle DBA · Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service · £286,000
- DevOps Engineer · Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service · £293,800
- Network Engineer · Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service · £219,960
- Contingent labour contract for FOI team · UK Health Security Agency · £59,457
source
Published on Find a Tender. Contact details for named individuals are not reproduced on this site.