Scope
Description
The identification and validation of cancer biomarkers requires highly sensitive and robust analytical technologies capable of delivering deep proteome coverage, reproducible quantitation, and confident peptide and protein identification. To support ongoing research in the next generation diagnostic programme at CPI Biologics, Darlington, supporting application to clinical proteomics, there is a need to procure a LC-MS system specifically optimised for advanced proteomics applications.
The LC-MS instrument will underpin discovery-to-validation workflows in cancer biomarker research, enabling both untargeted and targeted proteomics approaches within a single platform. It must demonstrate proven performance in single-cell proteomics, clinical proteomics, host cell protein analysis, and post-translational modification studies, with published evidence supporting its application in these domains. High resolution, sensitivity, dynamic range, and throughput are critical to ensure reliable detection of low-abundance proteins and post-translational modifications that are central to biomarker discovery.
The acquisition of this LC-MS system will provide the necessary technological foundation to accelerate biomarker discovery, improve clinical translation, and strengthen CPIs capabilities in proteomics.
Commercial tool
Establishes a framework
Contract 1
Supplier
Contract value
- £2,000,000 excluding VAT
- £2,400,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Award decision date
16 February 2026
Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers
17 February 2026
Standstill period
- End: 26 February 2026
- 8 working days
Earliest date the contract will be signed
28 February 2026
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 March 2026 to 28 February 2030
- 4 years
Main procurement category
Goods
CPV classifications
- 38433100 - Mass spectrometer
Information about tenders
- 1 tender received
- 1 tender assessed in the final stage:
- 0 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- 0 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
- 1 supplier awarded contracts
- 0 suppliers unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)
Procedure
Procedure type
Open procedure
Supplier
Thermo Electron Manufacturing Ltd t/a Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PQNM-6125-XPWL
Stafford House, Boundary Way,
Hemel Hempstead
HP2 7GE
United Kingdom
Region: UKH23 - Hertfordshire
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Supported employment provider: No
Public service mutual: No
Contract 1
Contracting authority
CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED
- Companies House: 05002194
Wilton Centre
Redcar
TS10 4RF
United Kingdom
Email: e-tendering@uk-cpi.com
Website: http://uk-cpi.com
Region: UKC12 - South Teesside
Organisation type: Public undertaking (commercial organisation subject to public authority oversight)