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# Agreement for the Supply of Medical Physics Quality Assurance and Expert Services to Somerset Breast Screening, Taunton Breast care Centre and Breast Unit, Yeovil District Hospital.

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/agreement-for-the-supply-of-medical-physics-quality-assurance-and-expert-services-to-somer-ocds-h6vhtk-05fa10). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Somerset NHS Foundation Trust: "Agreement for the Supply of Medical Physics Quality Assurance and Expert Services to Somerset Breast Screening, Taunton Breast care Centre and Breast Unit, Yeovil District Hospital.". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Somerset NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/somerset-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rh5)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKK2
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £88,683 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/agreement-for-the-supply-of-medical-physics-quality-assurance-and-expert-services-to-somer-ocds-h6vhtk-05fa10#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05fa10`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/agreement-for-the-supply-of-medical-physics-quality-assurance-and-expert-services-to-somer-ocds-h6vhtk-05fa10#tl-md)

## Description
Agreement for the Supply of Medical Physics Quality Assurance and Expert Services to Somerset Breast Screening, Taunton Breast care Centre and Breast Unit, Yeovil District Hospital.
The Services of a Medical Physics Expert as required under Regulation 14 of the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IRMER2017).
Including: 
- Advice and support on the optimisation of dose and image quality in line with relevant NHSBSP and other professional guidance.
- Advice on equipment purchase and procurement.
- Performance testing of mammographic X-ray systems as required by Regulation 15 of the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IRMER2017), and in compliance with recommended IPEM and NHSBSP Standards.
- Provision of an annual dose survey - data extraction, analysis and report. Submission of data for regional and national reports, when requested.
- Calculation of patient doses for radiation incidents.
- Presence at visits by CQC, as required.
- Support for radiographer routine quality control.
- Provision and maintenance of spreadsheets for the recording and review of radiographer routine quality control measurements.
- Regular monitoring of routine quality control measurements, comparing with national standards and regional data, where available.
- Performance measurements and support for the QA of breast ultrasound equipment as recommended in NHSBSP Standards.
- Performance measurements of primary reporting monitors as recommended in NHSBSP Standards.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85150000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL AND WESTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-186951`
  - Value: £88,683 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £88,683
  - Signed Date: 12/12/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F084769-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-19T10:46:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T14:05:58.140Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05fa10