Award

Lean SIx SIgma Consultancy for Medicines Discovery Catapult

  • MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED

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Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-084631

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05f9b4 (view related notices)

Published 18 December 2025, 5:22pm



Scope

Reference

0338

Description

A lean six sigma consultant is required to deliver process improvements, identification of waste reduction, system enhancements and productivity gains.


Contract 1

Supplier

Contract value

  • £600,000 excluding VAT
  • £720,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Earliest date the contract will be signed

30 January 2026

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 2 February 2026 to 1 February 2027
  • 1 year

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes


Procedure

Procedure type

Direct award

Direct award justification

  • Single supplier - technical reasons
  • Additional or repeat goods, services or works - extension or partial replacement

Reinvigoration were originally engaged via a below threshold competition and has delivered significant value in the four months since the work began with Process improvements, identification of waste reduction, system enhancements and future productivity gains.

Since the initial competition and engagement with reinvigoration, the scope of the required improvement work has expanded considerably and beyond what was originally anticipated.

This extension is intended to cover further work to deliver on these additional improvement projects, leveraging Reinvigorations existing knowledge of MDCs processes,

culture and previous work to avoid a costly ramp-up and learning that a new supplier would require.

A different consultant would not only have to start afresh in terms of understanding MDCs processes and losing the knowledge built up by Reinvigoration, but this would likely delay delivery of the overall process project due to onboarding a new supplier and risking inconsistency compared to the already delivered phases, with a potential for having to repeat work, undermining the benefits gained in our work with Reinvigoration.


Supplier

REINVIGORATION LTD

  • Companies House: 06773960
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PLTN-5632-JWXM

Sbarc/Spark

Cardiff

CF24 4HQ

United Kingdom

Region: UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1


Contracting authority

MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED

  • Companies House: 09928547
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PJPQ-6911-DQYY

Block 35g, Mereside Alderley Park

Macclesfield

SK10 4ZF

United Kingdom

Region: UKD62 - Cheshire East

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government