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
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical imaging services (CPV 85150000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 017975-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2025
- Published30 Apr 2025Published 30 days after the contract date
Description
- Provision of MRI diagnostic scanning sessions on site at ROH NHSFT with scanning only - reporting is not included<br/>- Awarded under Direct award A process of the 2023 Provider Selection Regime (PSR)<br/>- Lifetime value of contract is £55443.96, and runs from 01/04/2025 to 31/067/2025. Additional information: Award Justificaiton:<br/><br/>- Birmingham Women’s Hospital does not posses an MRI scanner, and yet this is a necessary service required for patient care<br/>- Local site Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) is unable to accommodate the full demands of the service, and other nearby sites are equally unable to accommodate, many of which have been identified as being at capacity.<br/>- There are no other NHS or private providers within reasonable travel distance to offer suitable provision<br/>- ROH’s MRI services meet imaging protocols required by trust radiologists, and offer clinically acceptable image-quality. ROH’s service can accommodate administering contrast, and can provide …
About the supplier
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.