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Elective Services Echo Insourcing

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn Nhs Foundation Trust

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28 Jul 2026 at 09:56

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Summary of the contracting process

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust procured elective echocardiography insourcing services. The requirement was to provide 1,200 echocardiographs, making this relevant to organisations delivering hospital-based cardiac diagnostic services, echocardiography capacity or associated clinical teams. The procurement was for services rather than goods or construction, classified as medical hospital services. The buyer is based at Gayton Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk. The selected provider was Elective Services Ltd, a UK small and medium-sized enterprise. The requirement indicates demand for additional diagnostic capacity within an NHS hospital setting, delivered through an insourcing arrangement rather than through the purchase of equipment alone. Suppliers considering similar NHS work should therefore focus on the ability to provide the required clinical service at the buyer’s scale.

The procurement has been awarded and the contract is active. The award went to Elective Services Ltd, and the contract was signed on 14 July 2026. It runs from 18 June 2026 to 30 September 2027 and is valued at £77,400. The award was made under a framework agreement without reopening competition, using a limited procedure and no prior publication of a call for competition. The process followed the Provider Selection Regime under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, rather than the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The stated evaluation considered ability to provide the service, service fees, delivery timescales and cost effectiveness; the lot’s award criterion was price. One bid was recorded, valued at £77,400.

This award shows that the Trust purchases outsourced echocardiography capacity for a defined volume of hospital diagnostic work through a framework-based route. A credible future competitor would need to demonstrate the clinical and operational capability to deliver echocardiographs at comparable scale, with suitable staff, processes and capacity to provide the service reliably. Evidence that the service can be mobilised within the buyer’s required timescales would matter, as would a clear and competitive fee structure. The selection rationale also points to the importance of cost effectiveness, so suppliers should be able to explain how their delivery model controls cost while maintaining the required service. Experience of working with NHS trusts and understanding provider-selection requirements would support a credible response when this type of requirement returns.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Elective Services Echo Insourcing

Notice Description

Provision of insourcing to deliver 1200 echocardiographs.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of insourcing to deliver 1200 echocardiographs.

This is confirmation of an award having been made based on a framework agreement and without competition.

The contract will run from 18/06/2026 to 30/09/2027, with a value of PS77,400.

Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d4db
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071057-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award 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

85111200 - Medical hospital services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
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
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn Nhs Foundation Trust
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
KINGS LYNN
Postcode
PE30 4ET
Postcode Area
Peterborough
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH5 Norfolk
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH52 North and West Norfolk
Delivery Location
TLH16 North and West Norfolk
Local Authority
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Electoral Ward
Springwood
Westminster Constituency
North West Norfolk

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Elective Services Ltd

Further Information

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