Org was originally supposed to launch in 2022 – then a pandemic happened Lindsay Clark Mon 15 Mar 2021 // 11:01 UTC Share Copy The UK's £158m Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (VMIC) has an "urgent requirement" for a £7m SaaS ERP system as the facility's launch is being accelerated due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The government-backed organisation designed to work across universities and industry was first announced in 2018 before the coronavirus outbreak. A tender notice from the VMIC, a UK nonprofit, said the ERP must be locally hosted, with the contract worth up to £7m set to include consultation, project management, implementation, hosting, service support and upgrades, and disaster recovery. It will need to support a regulated pharmaceutical environment such as industry-standard GxP compliance requirements including EudraLex Volume 4, for example.