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title: "MRI Backlog Reduction and Diagnostic Capacity Support Service"
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# MRI Backlog Reduction and Diagnostic Capacity Support Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mri-backlog-reduction-and-diagnostic-capacity-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-079071). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust: "MRI Backlog Reduction and Diagnostic Capacity Support Service". Published status: complete. Published 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:** [East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-kent-hospitals-university-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rvv)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Medical imaging services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ44
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £250,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-079071`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/mri-backlog-reduction-and-diagnostic-capacity-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-079071#tl-md)

## Description
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust intends to award a contract for the provision of additional MRI diagnostic capacity to support waiting list reduction and RTT recovery.
The service will be delivered from the provider's Whitstable MRI facility at Estuary View and includes patient booking, MRI scanning, diagnostic reporting, administration and associated support services.
The Trust has undertaken the Most Suitable Provider Process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and has identified the provider as the most suitable provider having regard to the key criteria.
This notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the Most Suitable Provider Process.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust intends to award a contract under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 using the Most Suitable Provider Process.
The contract is for the provision of additional MRI ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** MRI Backlog Reduction and Diagnostic Capacity Support Service (active)
  - Award id: `101163-2026-C485722-1`
  - Supplier(s): **AM Diagnostic Imaging Ltd. trading as AM Diagnostic Services**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-106569`
  - Value: £250,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** MRI Backlog Reduction and Diagnostic Capacity Support Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £250,000
  - Signed Date: 26/10/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F101163-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-26T15:44:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T21:25:26.536Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-079071