▁was ▁being ▁undert aken ▁by ▁John ▁La ing , ▁and ▁the ▁maintenance ▁of ▁this ▁new ▁building , ▁which ▁was ▁being ▁undert aken ▁by ▁Ser co , ▁was ▁transferred ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁D TI ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁after ▁the ▁private ▁sector ▁companies ▁involved ▁made ▁losses ▁of ▁over ▁£ 1 0 0 m . ▁ ▁The ▁labor atory ▁was ▁initially ▁run ▁by ▁the ▁UK ▁government , ▁with ▁members ▁of ▁staff ▁being ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁civil ▁service . ▁Administration ▁of ▁N PL ▁was ▁contract ed ▁out ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁under ▁a ▁Government ▁O wn ed ▁Cont ractor ▁Oper ated ▁model , ▁with ▁Ser co ▁winning ▁the ▁bid ▁and ▁all ▁staff ▁transferred ▁to ▁their ▁employ . ▁Under ▁this ▁regime , ▁overhead ▁costs ▁hal ved , ▁third ▁party ▁reven ues ▁grew ▁by ▁ 1 6 % ▁per ▁an num , ▁and ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁peer - review ed ▁research ▁papers ▁published ▁double d . ▁It ▁was ▁decided ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁to ▁change ▁the ▁operating ▁model ▁for ▁N PL ▁from ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁on ward ▁to ▁include ▁academic ▁partners ▁and ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁post grad uate ▁teaching ▁inst itute ▁on ▁site . ▁The ▁date ▁of ▁the ▁change over ▁was ▁later ▁post pon ed ▁for ▁up ▁to ▁a ▁year . ▁The ▁candidates ▁for ▁lead ▁academic ▁partner ▁were ▁the ▁Univers ities ▁of ▁Edinburgh , ▁South am pton , ▁Str ath c ly de ▁and ▁Sur rey ▁with ▁an ▁al liance ▁of ▁the ▁Univers ities ▁of ▁Str ath c ly de