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title: "Robotic Bronchoscopy System"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04e6d5"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS GOLDEN JUBILEE"
published: "2025-02-21"
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# Robotic Bronchoscopy System

Buyer: NHS GOLDEN JUBILEE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e6d5

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## Summary

The Golden Jubilee National Hospital, part of the NHS Golden Jubilee, initiated a tender process for purchasing a Robotic Bronchoscopy System. This procurement falls under the "Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products" industry category and is located in Clydebank, United Kingdom (UKM81). The tender process commenced and concluded in February 2025, with the contract being awarded on the 21st of February 2025. The procurement method used was a limited procedure without prior publication, specifically targeting Intuitive Surgical Limited due to their unique technical capabilities and lack of comparable alternatives, as stipulated under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The tender title was "Robotic Bronchoscopy System" and was ultimately completed successfully.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses in the medical equipment manufacturing and supply sector, particularly those specialising in advanced surgical robotics. Companies with innovations in robotic-assisted surgical systems, maintenance services, and consumables could benefit from similar future contracts. Intuitive Surgical’s success underscores the growing demand for specialised, high-precision surgical equipment. Large-scale suppliers with the ability to meet specific technical requirements and those capable of delivering high-definition imaging and simulation technologies stand to gain the most from such procurement opportunities.

## Notice

The Golden Jubilee National Hospital intend to purchase a robotic - assisted surgical system together with maintenance and consumables.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The National Waiting Times Centre Board intends to enter into a contract with Intuitive Surgical as being the only option meeting our requirement. In accordance with our interpretation of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 the services can only be provided by the particular provider for technical reasons and competition is therefore absent for technical reasons due to the unique essential requirements of the equipment require, namely Intuitive Surgical is currently the only manufacturer of commercially available robotic-assisted surgical systems offering robotic four-arm multi-port technology anda suite of fully wristed 8mm instrumentation, wristed advanced energy and stapling instruments, flourescence imaging, integrated table motion and skills simulation, on a single platform, capable of performing minimally invasive surgical procedures. Due to the above functionality the system seamlessly translates the surgeons hand, wrist and finger movements of the master controls into precise real time movements of the wristed instrument that are designed with seven degrees of motion - a range of motions even greater than the human wrist, The vision is equipped with a high definition 3D endoscope and image processing equipment that provides to true to life images of the patients anatomy. A view of the operating field is available to the entire operating room team on a large viewing monitor. The wide angled screen provides the surgical assistant at the patients side with a broad perspective and visualisation of the procedure whilst the surgeon operates seated at a console with the master controls viewing a high definition 3D image inside the patients body. The Intuitive Surgical Da Vinci Systems remains the most ubiquitous robot designed to facilitate complex minimally invasive surgery across multiple specialities and multiple body compartments. The Intuitive Surgical Robot Da Vinci has been the subject of in excess of 7000 peer review publications and studies with a wealth of regulatory approvals covering a wide spectrum of surgical procedures much greater than alternatives with lesser functionality available on the market. No other commercially available surgical robot facilitates multidisciplinary applications planned for the Golden Jubilee National Hospital

### Procurement Information

See earlier Section. At this point in time The National Waiting Times Centre Board (Golden Jubilee National Hospital) are satisfied that

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006884-2025 |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Feb 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Feb 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Cancelled |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active, Unsuccessful |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS GOLDEN JUBILEE |
| Locality | CLYDEBANK |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G81 4DY |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM31 East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire |
| Local authority | West Dunbartonshire |
| Electoral ward | Clydebank Waterfront |
| Westminster constituency | West Dunbartonshire |
| Delivery location | TLM81 East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, and Helensburgh and Lomond |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | INTUITIVE SURGICAL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

### Codes

- 33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

## Release History

- 21 Feb 2025 at 15:12 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006884-2025
- 21 Feb 2025 at 14:32 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006829-2025

## Notice URLs

- http://www.nhsgoldenjubilee.co.uk/home/
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000790424
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00199

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