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title: "Direct Access Community Radiology"
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current_stage: "Award"
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# Direct Access Community Radiology

Buyer: NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e140d8e0-74bd-4d52-adbf-da41a239c7c5

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## Summary

The NHS West London Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is seeking to enhance its community healthcare services through the direct award of an interim transitional contract titled "Direct Access Community Radiology". This contract, valued at £233,769, will be provided by InHealth Ltd for a period of six months, running from 1st April 2019 to 30th September 2019. The procurement process is currently at the Award stage, having successfully been completed by the end date of the tender period on 4th March 2019. The service encompasses various modalities including Magnetic Resonance, Ultrasound, and Radiology Reporting, located in London, United Kingdom, under the health and social work services industry category.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for growth in the healthcare services sector, particularly for firms specialising in diagnostic imaging and radiology services. Businesses with capabilities in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ultrasound technology, or other related healthcare services would be ideally suited to prepare for future procurement processes, as the CCG is engaging with the market to develop a more comprehensive service specification for longer-term contracts starting from October 2019. Companies like InHealth Ltd, which currently hold experience in community health delivery, will likely have insights that could benefit other providers looking to enter this market.

## Notice

This contract award notice provides notification that NHS West London Clinical Commissioning Group (the CCG) has agreed to directly award an interim transitional contract for the provision of Community Direct Access Radiology services to InHealth Ltd, for a period of 6 months (until 30th September 2019). Agreed modalities are - Magnetic Resonance; Ultrasound; Radiology Reporting; Endoscopy; Echocardiography; Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DEXA). This interim contract is deemed essential to ensure a continuity of an essential service provision to the CCG's patients. Additional information: This interim contract is being awarded to InHealth Ltd, for a period of 6 months (until 30th September 2019) to ensure continuity of essential health services to the local population whilst the CCG works collaboratively with neighbouring CCGs to procure a substantive new service with amended scope and value. The CCG has assessed that InHealth is the best provider to provide community direct access radiology for its patients as they are the incumbent and their selection will ensure no disruption to service. This contract will provide an interim transitional and stabilising arrangement with the provider until a new provider is selected. The CCGs have commenced engagement with the market to assist development of its future specification of requirements, with the intention of informing the process to award substantive contracts to deliver the new models of care from October 2019 at the latest.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/66d5c0e6-beec-44d1-ae85-c829f6b82af9 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Single tender action (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 11 Mar 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 4 Mar 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 4 Mar 2019 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2019 - 30 Sep 2019 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £233,769 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £233,769 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | West London |
| Postcode | W1T 3EY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | West End |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | INHEALTH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 11 Mar 2019 at 11:20 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/66d5c0e6-beec-44d1-ae85-c829f6b82af9

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/66d5c0e6-beec-44d1-ae85-c829f6b82af9
  11th March 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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