Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) · Local Health Board
- Supplier
- Diagnostic Healthcare Ltd
- Value
- £352,170
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical imaging services (CPV 85150000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 006978-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Jan 2026
- Published27 Jan 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
1. Description of the Health Services to Be Provided Cardiff & Vale University Health Board intends to award a contract for the provision of a fully staffed mobile Computed Tomography (CT) scanning service, including a GE Revolution Evo 160‑slice CT scanner staffed by two HCPC‑registered CT Radiographers and an optional Healthcare Assistant. The service will operate seven days per week, 8am–8pm, and will provide CT imaging across Body, Neuro, Musculoskeletal (MSK) and Bariatric pathways. A welfare unit supporting patient flow is also included in the service. 2. Statement of the Procurement Route This notice represents the intention to award a contract via a Direct Award under the NHS Supply Chain Managed Equipment & Clinical Service Solutions (ME&CSS) Framework, without undertaking a further competition. This route is being used due to urgent diagnostic capacity requirements and the very limited number of suppliers capable of meeting the Health Board’s minimum technical, staffing and …
About the supplier
Diagnostic Healthcare Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05008328).