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
- Supply Chain Coordination Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Echosens UK Limited SME
- Value
- £35,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Medical equipments (CPV 33100000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 043420-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 May 2025
- Published28 Jul 2025Published 69 days after the contract date
Description
Following the publication of a Prior Information Notice (PIN) NHS Supply Chain is entering into a Framework Agreement 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. NHS Supply Chain intends to enter into a Framework Agreement with 1 available supplier. The term of this Framework Agreement is anticipated to be up to the end date of 10 November 2026, will the option to extend for up to 12 months. The Framework Agreement will be between NHS Supply Chain and the Supplier, however 1) NHSSC, 2) any NHS Trust; 3) any …
About the supplier
Echosens UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 11945055).