Notice Information
Notice Title
Purchase of 3 portable human MRI open software systems
Notice Description
Cardiff University is looking into awarding a contract for Purchase of 3 portable human MRI open software systems. Systems need to operate at very low field strength (40
Planning Information
We encourage interested parties to submit their expressions of interest by emailing rogalaa@cardiff.ac.uk no later than Thursday, November 13, 2025.
Procurement Information
On October 28th, all suppliers listed on the NHS framework for MRI Scanners and Related Services (2021/S 000-007768 ) were contacted. The suppliers include Siemens, Philips, GE Healthcare, Medical Imaging Systems, Canon, Esaote and Hitachi. Each of these suppliers has confirmed their inability to fulfil the current requirement. In response to this situation, the Procurement Lead issued a Preliminary market engagement notice on Sell2Wales and Find a Tender for a duration of two weeks with deadline of 30/10/25. During this period, only one supplier expressed interest Wardray Premise Ltd, after further conversations supplier confirmed that they are not able to fulfil the requirement. Subsequently, the Procurement Lead contacted the only remaining known supplier in the market, Open Imaging, who confirmed their capability to fulfil the requirement.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d6ca
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079813-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- 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
- £400,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £345,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Dec 20252 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 13 Nov 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 4 Dec 20253 days ago
- Contract Period
- 18 Dec 2025 - 17 Dec 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@cardiff.ac.uk, rogalaa@cardiff.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF24 4HQ
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Cardiff
- Electoral Ward
- Cathays
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079813-2025
4th December 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079797-2025
4th December 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069601-2025
30th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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