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Published 22 Apr 2025, 19:44 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Cross Sectional Post Mortem Imaging Services - Rochdale Council

Official notice

Authority: Rochdale Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,852,500exc. VAT
Submissions closed 23 May 2025awarded 18 Dec 2025
Awarded to TIC Mobile

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cross Sectional Post Mortem Imaging Services - Rochdale Council (on behalf of the Senior Coroner for the North Manchester District)

Provider Selection Regime 2023 - Competitive Procedure

Chest Reference: DN772281

STAR Reference: UID 12323

Cross Sectional Post Mortem Imaging Services - Rochdale Council (on behalf of the Senior Coroner for the North Manchester District) Provider Selection Regime 2023 - Competitive Procedure Chest Reference: DN772281 STAR Reference: UID 12323 Greater Manchester North Jurisdiction covering the local authority areas of Rochdale, Oldham and Bury.

This service is hosted by Rochdale Borough Council Greater Manchester North Coronial jurisdiction currently has a service level agreement in place with the Northern Care Alliance and Royal Oldham Hospital Mortuary to provide a public mortuary facility and to fulfil the Coroner's post mortem examination requirements. The existing arrangements are only able to cater for invasive or external post mortem examinations only. There is currently no facility to provide a digital scanning service to complement the existing arrangements. Any digital scanning examinations undertaken currently are funded privately and not by the local authority.

In order to provide a robust, futureproofed service and one that meets the needs of all sections of the community, Rochdale BC on behalf of the Coroner for Greater Manchester North is looking to expand its existing post mortem examination arrangements by securing the services of a suitably qualified and professional digital post mortem examination service for the jurisdiction area of Manchester Greater Manchester North.

CPV: Medical imaging services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£1,852,500
Delivery: UK, North West
Extensions: Option to extend by up to a further five year period.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 30%Social value: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality: 50%
  • Social Value: 20%
  • Price: 30%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
22 Apr 2025, 19:44 BST
Last source update
23 Dec 2025, 16:26 GMT
Award evaluation window
26 May 2025 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-085977
Classification (CPV)
Medical imaging services
Delivery area
UKNorth West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0505f5 Find a Tender

Publisher note: 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) Regulation 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 13th January 2025 via The Chest. The contract has not yet fully been awarded, this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR. The decision makers were made up of the evaluation team, Heads of Service and will be subject to the Council's decision-making process. There were were no declared Conflicts of Interest. The relative importance of each award criteria is stated within Section IV.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
23 May 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
26 May 2025, 09:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

23 May 2025 → 23 Dec 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    23 May 2025, 17:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    26 May 2025, 09:00 BST
  3. Notice published308 days ago
    23 Dec 2025, 16:26 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Dec 2025, 16:26 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextShort Description · II.1.4Provider Selection Regime 2023 - Competitive ProcedureProvider Selection Regime 2024 - Competitive Procedure
—TextDescription of the procurement · II.2.4Provider Selection Regime 2023 - Competitive ProcedureProvider Selection Regime 2024 - Competitive Procedure

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £3,705,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 18 Dec 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
TIC MobileSME£3,705,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 085977-2025-1 · TIC MobileSME

    Signed
    18 Dec 2025
    Value
    £3,705,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Rochdale Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Number One Riverside, Rochdale, North West, OL161XUContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of Justice of England and WalesReview body London
  • STAR ProcurementReview body Sale

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria