# Recruitment of Chief Business Officer

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Medicines Discovery Catapult
- Contract winner: [IRG Advisors LLP trading as Odgers Berndtson](/contract-winners/odgers-berndtson/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £39,000
- Tender value: £40,000
- Award date: 1 October 2020
- Published: 7 October 2020
- Contract start: 2 October 2020
- Contract end: 30 November 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 1c5216ab-4cbb-4299-b482-a40894ac8b24-385716
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-dce37e24-292e-4609-aa36-b09351d4c08b

## Description

The Medicines Discovery Catapult at Alderley Park invited quotations for the recruitment of a Chief Business Officer\. Due to a vacancy that has arisen, MDC sought a specialist recruitment agency to assist in filling this post\. MDC invited quotations from suitable Executive Search firms to undertake this recruitment exercise\. Since the estimated contract value was below OJEU financial thresholds, a bespoke procurement process was designed whereby a select group of suppliers were invited to submit quotations\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1c5216ab-4cbb-4299-b482-a40894ac8b24-385716)