Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of 3 portable human MRI open software systems
Authority: Cardiff University (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: UKWales (UKL)
Contract value (direct award)£400,000≈ £400k / year · £400,000 inc. VAT
Awarded 4 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Open Imaging B.V.
Contract term 1 yrends 30 Nov 2026 · starts 1 Dec 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCardiff University has now awarded the contract for the Purchase of 3 portable human MRI open software systems
CPV: Medical equipments
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 30 Oct 2025, 09:33 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Dec 2025, 08:58 GMT
- Authority reference
CU.2082.AR- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-083114- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d6caFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Preliminary notice has been realised and no supplier has expressed interest as such Cardiff University has to go with the only known supplier on the market. System has to be fully Open Software and Hardware.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
30 Oct 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 · 5 dates- Planning notice published355 days ago30 Oct 2025, 09:33 GMT
- Market engagement341 days ago13 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
We encourage interested parties to submit their expressions of interest by emailing [email protected] no later than Thursday, November 13, 2025.
- Contract starts324 days ago1 Dec 2025
- Standstill ends309 days ago15 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published308 days ago16 Dec 2025, 08:58 GMT
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Oct 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Oct 2025, 09:33 GMTUK2
- Transparency notice published4 Dec 2025, 14:41 GMTUK5
- Status changed to complete4 Dec 2025, 14:41 GMT
- Procurement method changed4 Dec 2025, 14:41 GMT
- Buyer details updated4 Dec 2025, 14:41 GMT
- Contract award notice published4 Dec 2025, 14:59 GMTUK6
- Contract details notice published16 Dec 2025, 08:58 GMTUK7
- Contract signature expected17 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-10: 1 release · 30 Oct 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £345,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Dec 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Imaging B.V.SME18 Dec 2025 – 17 Dec 2026 | £345,000 | 4 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Open Imaging B.V.SME
- Signed
- 16 Dec 2025
- Value
- £345,000
- Period
- 18 Dec 2025 – 17 Dec 2026
- Status
- active
3 agreed KPIs: Device delivey · Equipment readiness · Documentation compliance
- Device delivey
- Equipment readiness
- Documentation compliance
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Open Imaging B.V.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender