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 Supply Chain · National or federal agency/office
- Supplier
- Echosens UK Limited SME
- Value
- £35,000,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Medical equipments (CPV 33100000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 007019-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Feb 2025
- Published21 Feb 2025Published the same day
Description
This market exercise will be for the provision of a Standalone Non-Imaging Vibration-Controlled Ultrasound System to Quantify Liver and or Spleen Stiffness and Measure Liver Steatosis that includes the following. • The ability to measure liver stiffness to quantify fibrosis and cirrhosis. • The ability to measure fatty liver to quantify steatosis non-invasively. • The functionality of Vibration-Controlled Transient Elastography (VCTE) technology. • The ability to allow any clinical practitioners to use the system rather than a trained sonographer only.
About the supplier
Echosens UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11945055).