Official UK procurement notice
MSE - Static Community and Mobile MRI Managed Service
Authority: Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionMid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to establish a PSR Contract following the Competitive Process for the provision of Static Community and Mobile MRI Managed Services which will have a total of 2 Lots for suppliers who can offer breadth of goods and services detailed in this contract notice.
CPV: Diagnostic devices · Diagnostic supplies · Diagnostic ultrasound devices · Diagnostics and radiodiagnostic devices and supplies · Health services · Hospital and related services · Hospital services · Medical practice services · Miscellaneous health services · Radiology film · Social work and related services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values published · win at most 2 of themLot #1Static Community Based MRI Managed ServicePlanned
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to establish a Contract for the provision of Static Community MRI Managed Services (Lot 1).
The Services procured will provide additional MRI capacity, support local access to diagnostics, maintain continuity of imaging practice, and enable timely diagnosis through integration with existing Acute and Community Diagnostic Centre Pathways.
Appointed Providers must have the ability to operate from any of the Authority’s designated Mid and South Essex sites, including Acute Hospital Sites and Community Diagnostics Centre’s:
Locations will include:
- Broomfield Hospital, Court Road, Broomfield, Chelmsford, CM1 7ET;
- Broomfield Community Hospital, Chadwick Drive, Braintree, CM7 2AL
- Basildon Hospital, Nethermayne, Basildon, SS16 5NL;
- Pitsea Community Diagnostic Centre, Northlands Pavement, Pitsea, SS13 3DU
- Southend Hospital, Prittlewell Chase Westcliff on Sea SS0 0RY[SP3.1]
Engagement with suppliers will be undertaken through a combination of online meetings, in-person discussions, telephone discussions and written correspondence (including email), with organisations that are able to provide a Static Community MRI Managed Services. The engagement will concluded by the 14th August 2026.
The engagement exercise will aim to establish a suitable procurement approach that meets the Contracting Authority's objectives. The engagement is exploratory in nature and is intended for information gathering purposes to inform the specification and to identify potential suppliers of the required services.
In particular the PME seeks to:
- Understand current solutions
- Explore supplier capabilities and potential commercial models
- Explore data requirements the contracting authority will need to provide
- Support the development and refinement of the specification
Interested parties please reach out to Eman Majid ([email protected]) at HealthTrust Europe to schedule an engagement meeting by the 10th August 2026.
Lot #2Mobile MRI Managed ServicePlanned
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to establish a Contract for the provision of Mobile MRI Managed Services (Lot 2) for suppliers who can offer breadth of goods and services detailed in this contract notice.
The Services procured will provide additional MRI capacity, support local access to diagnostics, maintain continuity of imaging practice, and enable timely diagnosis through integration with existing Acute and Community Diagnostic Centre Pathways.
Appointed Providers must have the ability to operate from any of the Authority’s designated Mid and South Essex sites, including Acute Hospital Sites and Community Diagnostics Centre’s:
Locations will include:
- Broomfield Hospital, Court Road, Broomfield, Chelmsford, CM1 7ET;
- Broomfield Community Hospital, Chadwick Drive, Braintree, CM7 2AL
- Basildon Hospital, Nethermayne, Basildon, SS16 5NL;
- Pitsea Community Diagnostic Centre, Northlands Pavement, Pitsea, SS13 3DU
- Southend Hospital, Prittlewell Chase Westcliff on Sea SS0 0RY[SP3.1]
Engagement with suppliers will be undertaken through a combination of online meetings, in-person discussions, telephone discussions and written correspondence (including email), with organisations that are able to provide a Mobile MRI Managed Services. Engagement will be conclude by the 14th August 2026.
The engagement exercise will aim to establish a suitable procurement approach that meets the Contracting Authority's objectives. The engagement is exploratory in nature and is intended for information gathering purposes to inform the specification and to identify potential suppliers of the required services.
In particular the PME seeks to:
- Understand current solutions
- Explore supplier capabilities and potential commercial models
- Explore data requirements the contracting authority will need to provide
- Support the development and refinement of the specification
Interested parties please reach out to Eman Majid ([email protected]) at HealthTrust Europe to schedule an engagement meeting by the 10th August 2026.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust buys Health services (CPV 8510), and who usually turns up
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Health services (CPV 8510) →
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 68 days of the bid deadline.
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1 bid13% / 16%
2–313% / 28%
4–650% / 35%
7+25% / 21%
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Below estimate29%
Within ±2%66%
Above estimate5%
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Lot #1Static Community Based MRI Managed ServiceCPV 8510Estimate not published
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1 bid16%
2–328%
4–635%
7+21%
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
Lot #2Mobile MRI Managed ServiceCPV 8510Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 68 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid16%
2–328%
4–635%
7+21%
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Where the award price may land.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Jul 2026, 15:35 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Jul 2026, 15:35 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-071340- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d58fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
28 Jul 2026 → 28 Jul 2026 · 2 dates- Tender notice expected89 days ago28 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Notice published88 days ago28 Jul 2026, 15:35 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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