Notice Information
Notice Title
CT guidance technology for percutaneous instrument insertion and ablation volume validation.
Notice Description
Sheffield Teaching Hospital are looking to procure CT guidance technology with decision support for percutaneous instrument insertion and ablation volume planning and validation.
Lot Information
Lot 1
We are looking to procure a technology that will support Interventional Radiologists:
To plan tumour targets and surrounding safety margins with computer assistance.
To place applicators, e.g. ablation and biopsy needles, precisely.
To adjust treatment and ablation parameters by computer assistance and verification of applicator position.
Validate treatment success by computer assisted fusion of pre- and postoperative CT images allowing for validation of the effective ablation volume relative to the originally planned volume and assisting in the decision to immediately re-treat if necessary.
The system must provide the following:
1. Access lesions not visible on USS.
2. Access lesions in difficult anatomical locations e.g. close to blood vessels or other critical tissues / organs.
3. Overlay previous imagery such as MRI, allowing lesions and ablation margins to be identified and visualized in CT.
4. Allow instrument trajectories to be planned in 2D and 3D.
5. Allow for placement of needles outside of plane.
6. Provide a patient positioning and fixation system to immobilize patient during intervention
7. Provide a guidance system to facilitate precise needle trajectories and final positioning using a semi-robotic arm.
8. Support treatment planning by visualising desired ablation volumes and shapes.
9. Allow additional scanning during placement of instruments to ensure accurate placement ahead of ablation or biopsy.
10. Allow the fusion of pre- and postoperative images to allow for fast and efficient validation of the effective ablation volume relative to the plan i.e. allow the clinician to confirm that the disease has been entirely treated or allow re-positioning and re-treatment during the current procedure.
11. Allow needle repositioning if areas that require further ablation are identified.
12. Reduce the procedure time due to increased accuracy of needle placement.
13. Reduce incomplete ablation rates leading to reduced tumour reoccurrence.
Procurement Information
The Trust believes thats the CAS-One IR system is the only equipment and Cascination is the only supplier that meets the requirements set out in the description.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04de27
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004739-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
-
- CPV Codes
33100000 - Medical equipments
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £260,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 11 Feb 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Liam Batty
- Contact Email
- liam.batty@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SHEFFIELD
- Postcode
- S10 2JF
- Post Town
- Sheffield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE32 Sheffield
- Delivery Location
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
-
- Local Authority
- Sheffield
- Electoral Ward
- Broomhill and Sharrow Vale
- Westminster Constituency
- Sheffield Central
Further Information
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