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Insourcing Diagnostic Services

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

27 Jul 2026 at 10:59

Award Notice
Planning

13 May 2026 at 15:21

Planning Notice
Summary of the contracting process

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust procured insourced diagnostic services to support the delivery of healthcare services. The requirement is for medical imaging services, including diagnostic imaging delivered through the Insourced Services to Support the Provision of Healthcare Services Framework Agreement, reference RM6276. The Trust is the buying organisation and is based at Colchester District General Hospital in Colchester. The appointed provider is Health Now Limited, a small or medium-sized enterprise based in Chertsey, Surrey. The work is healthcare service provision rather than the supply of imaging equipment alone, so relevant businesses are likely to be diagnostic imaging providers, healthcare operators or specialist organisations able to provide outsourced imaging capacity within an NHS service environment.

The procurement has reached the awarded stage and the tender is recorded as complete. It used a limited procedure: a direct award without prior publication of a call for competition, under PSR Direct Award Process C. The award was made to Health Now Limited for the medical imaging services requirement. The contract value is £175,000, and the contract was signed on 30 June 2026. Services are scheduled to run from 27 May 2026 to 26 November 2026, with an option described for up to three further six-month extension periods. One bid was recorded. The stated award criterion was price. The procurement was conducted by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust through the relevant healthcare services framework.

This award demonstrates demand for outsourced medical imaging capacity from an NHS foundation trust and shows that a small or medium-sized specialist provider was selected for the requirement. A credible competitor for comparable work would need to deliver diagnostic imaging services reliably within a healthcare setting, with the clinical workforce, imaging equipment or access to suitable facilities, operational capacity and arrangements for safe patient-facing delivery. Experience of working with NHS organisations and familiarity with public-sector healthcare governance would strengthen a future proposition. Suppliers should also understand framework-based routes and direct-award processes, and be able to evidence price competitiveness because price was the stated award criterion. The requirement is most relevant to established diagnostic imaging providers and healthcare businesses able to provide managed outsourced capacity.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Insourcing Diagnostic Services

Notice Description

Insourced Services to Support the Provision of Healthcare Services Framework Agreement ("Framework Agreement") ref. RM6276 entered into between North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative, as the lead Authority acting on behalf of the NHS Workforce Alliance, and the Supplies

Lot Information

Lot 1

PSR - Direct Award Process C. Additional information: 85150000-5
Medical Imaging Services

5.The lifetime value of the contract or, where it is not known, the amounts payable to the provider under the contract.


6 Months - PS175,000
6.The dates between which the contract provides for the services to be provided.


27th May 2026 - 26th November 2026 -There is an option to extend for further 3 x 6 Month periods maximum



7.Details of the award decision-makers.


Division - Associate Director
Division- Head of Finance
Division - General Manager

8.Any declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest.



Nil


9.Information as to how any conflicts or potential conflicts of interest were managed.


All internal Key individuals at Section 7 completed and signed ESNEFT Procurement Declaration of interest Forms. At all meetings attendees are/will be asked to declare any interests.

Procurement Information

PSR - Direct Award C

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0697f9
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070665-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
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

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85150000 - Medical imaging services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£175,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£175,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
27 Jul 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
13 May 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
COLCHESTER
Postcode
CO4 5JL
Postcode Area
Colchester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH3 Essex
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH34 Essex Haven Gateway
Delivery Location
TLH14 Suffolk CC
Local Authority
Colchester
Electoral Ward
Mile End
Westminster Constituency
Colchester

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Health Now Limited

Further Information

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