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Published 12 Mar 2025, 16:35 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Purchase and Maintenance of Echosens FibroScan Machine

Official notice

Authority: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

Direct awardSME suitable
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33)Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE1)
Awarded value£124,241published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 12 Mar 2025no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Echosens UK Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Capital Purchase of an Echosens FibroScan machine with funding provided by NHS England and POS Maintenance until the end of the 7 year expected life of the machine. Probes are expected to last the life of the machine so the cost of a replacement is not included in this notification.

This notice marks the start of the mandatory standstill period.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSME
Delivery: Yorkshire & HumberEligibility: SME eligible
33112000 Echo, ultrasound and doppler imaging equipment50421000 Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 Mar 2025, 16:35 GMT
Last source update
12 Mar 2025, 16:44 GMT
Authority reference
C346251
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009079
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ec61 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

The equipment is of a specialist nature and Echosens are the only manufacturer of such technology.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

12 Mar 2025 → 24 Mar 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    12 Mar 2025, 16:44 GMT
  2. Standstill ends
    24 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Mar 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    12 Mar 2025, 16:35 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    12 Mar 2025, 16:44 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    25 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £124,2411 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Echosens UK Limited28 Mar 2025 – 27 Mar 2032£124,24112 Mar 2025standstill to 24 Mar 2025Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NORTHERN LINCOLNSHIRE AND GOOLE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-NHS: RJL · GB-PPON: PDBX-2232-TZVV Diana Princess Of Wales Hospital, Scartho Road, Grimsby, Yorkshire & Humber, DN33 2BAContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ECHOSENS UK LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 11945055GB-PPON: PJPL-3363-DZJW 4 Burley House, Altrincham, North West, WA14 5HHContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender