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
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Focus Medical Services SME
- Value
- £91,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Medical specialist services (CPV 85121200)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 037248-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Nov 2024
- Published3 Jul 2025Published 244 days after the contract date
Description
Equipment will be maintained in line fully with the manufacturers' specifications. Image Intensifiers will undergo annual Quality Assurance Inspections - copies of these reports will be made available on each unit. The use of the Image Intensifiers will be in line with the companies IRMER Regulations and Radiation Safety Procedures - copies of which will be supplied to the Hospital. Equipment will be installed and tested in the evening prior to the session or in the morning, depending on access/ward opening and closing times. 2 fully trained lithotripsy technicians Comprehensive treatment sheet for each treatment. All staff will be DBS checked on employment and every 2 years thereafter. All staff will be HCPC registered. Patients who are scanned/screened by FMS technicians using FMS equipment but no stone is found are recorded as being treated. In the event of equipment failure the Hospital will only be charged for patients treated. Comprehensive audits of patient treatments are avail…
About the supplier
Focus Medical Services: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06520098).