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title: "DEXA (Bone Density Scanning) Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f90f"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "MERSEY AND WEST LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST"
published: "2026-09-14"
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# DEXA (Bone Density Scanning) Service

Buyer: MERSEY AND WEST LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f90f

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## Summary

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust procured a DEXA (bone density scanning) service for its Southport site, within its radiology services. The requirement is a medical imaging service providing Radiology DEXA scanning at Southport Hospital. The buying organisation is an NHS trust based at Whiston Hospital in Prescot. The service is delivered at the Southport hospital site and supports the trust’s healthcare provision. This is a specialist diagnostic imaging requirement rather than a supply-only purchase, so relevant businesses are providers of DEXA scanning and associated radiology services with the operational capability to deliver services on a hospital site.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Diagnostic Healthcare Ltd, an SME, under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. It was awarded through a framework agreement without competition, using a limited procedure and without prior publication of a competition notice. The award date and contract signature date were 1 September 2026. The contract runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2027, for an estimated value of £81,300 excluding VAT. Evaluation was based entirely on quality criteria set out in the framework agreement; price carried no weighting. One bid was recorded. The contract is active.

This award demonstrates demand from the trust for an externally delivered DEXA service at a hospital site, at a scale suited to a focused specialist provider. A credible future competitor would need to provide bone density scanning within a radiology service, operate reliably in a hospital environment and meet the trust’s clinical and service-quality requirements. The procurement placed all evaluation weight on quality rather than price, so evidence of safe, consistent and effective delivery would be central to a strong proposition. Relevant providers should also be able to work through an appropriate healthcare services framework and demonstrate the capacity to maintain service continuity for NHS patients and clinical teams.

## Notice

Provision of DEXA Services on the Southport site.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of a Radiology DEXA Service on the Southport Hospital site. This notice is confirmation of an award having been made via a framework agreement and without competition. The contract covers a 12 month period (01/09/2026-31/08/2027) and has an estimated value of PS81,300 (ex VAT). This is a new contract with a Framework Provider.

### Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime). Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015/Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086840-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £81,300 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MERSEY AND WEST LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST |
| Locality | PRESCOT |
| Postcode area | Liverpool |
| Postcode | L35 5DR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD71 East Merseyside |
| Local authority | Knowsley |
| Electoral ward | Whiston and Cronton |
| Westminster constituency | St Helens South and Whiston |
| Delivery location | TLD North West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Diagnostic Healthcare Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85150000 - Medical imaging services

## Release History

- 14 Sep 2026 at 12:48 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086840-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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