Contract award · 5 Jun 2026

Community X-Ray Service

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust awarded “Community X-Ray Service” to Mobile Medical Diagnostics Ltd. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionHealth & social careSouth West

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.

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Buyer
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust · Regional or local authority
Value
Not published
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Medical imaging services (CPV 85150000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date5 Jun 2026
  2. Published2 Jul 2026Published 27 days after the contract date

Description

The Authority intends to award a contract pursuant to The Most Suitable Provider Process under Regulation 10 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 ("PSR"). <br/>This is a notice under Regulation 10 (7) of the Authority's intention to award the contract for the Service as described below.<br/>For avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this proposed contract.<br/><br/>This new service will provide mobile x-ray acquisition and reporting, supporting radiographer deployment to suitable patients in the community, collaborating with relevant Trust and system services. This includes working with Torbay’s neighbourhood health arrangements (including integrated neighbourhood teams and the Harbour model where applicable) so that community diagnostics are consistently “wired into” falls and frailty pathways and contribute to admission avoidance, safe discharge and recovery at home.<br/><br/>This is a diagnostic imaging hea…

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