Estimated Value
Up to £286,440
Deadline
Not specified
Published
28 October 2026
Type
services
At a glance
- Estimated value
- £286,440
- Published
- 28 October 2026
- Location
- Scotland
- Type
- Services · limited procedure
- CPV code
- 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
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Overview
This University of Edinburgh requires highly specialised drug discovery and development consultancy including spinout and commercialisation support. The Baillie Gifford Pandemic Sciences Hub intend to appoint Future Bio Consultancy to provide highly specialised strategic advisory services in drug discovery and development including associated spinout and commercialisation support. The University considers competition to be absent for technical reasons as per Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015-33 (1) (b) (ii)Technical Reasons: The consultant identified possesses unique scientific, medical, commercial skills and project-specific knowledge (including therapeutic innovation, AI integration, strategic collaborations, and resource mobilisation) that are all required collectively to enable the University to meet its project requirements.
Regulations cited
- Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
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Award Details
Future Bio Consulting Ltd
£286,440
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University Of EdinburghKey Dates
Published
28 October 2026
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