Official UK procurement notice
Relocatable Whole Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging System
Authority: Nottingham Trent University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNottingham Trent University (NTU) invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced suppliers for the design, supply, installation, and commissioning of a 1.5T relocatable MRI system. This will allow us to support a wide range of teaching activities as well as academic and commercial research projects with a strong focus on adaptability and multiple use.
The modular unit will be located at NTU’s Clifton Campus and will be used for multidisciplinary projects in physics, psychology, food science and engineering, materials and many more.
Project Objectives
The primary objectives of this procurement are to:
•Establish an up to date, wide bore (60cm) MRI facility at Nottingham Trent university suitable for use for human imaging, non-human imaging (e.g. materials and foods) with options for expanding into large animal studies in the future.
•Provide a “hospital equivalent” installation to facilitate real world learning experience for students.
•Enable full control over imaging sequences and parameters for non-human studies.
•Establish a robust, low-maintenance, and future-proof research infrastructure capable of supporting sustained academic research, postgraduate training, and long-term operation.
•Enable access and service provision to users from across all schools of the university, as well as external UK academic users, SMEs, and industrial partners.
•Foster strategic collaboration with the successful supplier, including support for UK industry engagement, knowledge exchange as well as student and staff research activities.
The successful contractor will be responsible for the complete delivery, installation and commissioning of a modular relocatable MRI system including provision of all necessary information to meet building planning requirements.
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CPV: Installation services of imaging equipment · Magnetic resonance imaging equipment · Magnetic resonance scanners
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£583,333
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Published sub-criteria (9)
- Technical Requirements - Turnkey: 8%
- Technical Requirements - MRI hardware: 12.5%
- Technical Requirements - Software: 12%
- Technical Requirements - Physiological monitoring and external hardware: 5.5%
- Technical Requirements -- Site Requirements: 10%
- Value-Added Collaboration and Strategic Partnership: 2%
- Service Delivery: 10%
- Commercial Offer Contract Sum (Cost): 30%
- Strategic Commitment - Sustainability: 10%
Published award criteria (9)
- Commercial Offer Contract Sum (Cost)
- Technical Requirements - Turnkey
- Technical Requirements - MRI hardware
- Technical Requirements - Software
- Technical Requirements - Physiological monitoring and external hardware
- Technical Requirements -- Site Requirements
- Value-Added Collaboration and Strategic Partnership
- Service Delivery
- Strategic Commitment - Sustainability
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £1,163,478 (twice the annual value).
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How Nottingham Trent University buys Imaging equipment for medical, dental and veterinary use (CPV 3311), and who usually turns up
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Half of these awards were announced within 63 days of the bid deadline.
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1 bid9% / 42%
2–327% / 46%
4–645% / 13%
7+18% / 0%
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Below estimate42% / 55%
Within ±2%42% / 18%
Above estimate16% / 27%
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Lot #1CPV 3311Published estimate£583k
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1 bid27%
2–355%
4–616%
7+2%
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Middle 50%£497k–£583k
Estimate£583k
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £25m42 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 14 live · £10m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 16% below n=3 | |
Xiel LimitedSME | £4.1m14 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 4 live · £2.5m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
| £2.2m9 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 2 live · £2.0m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £452k13 awards in 36m · last this month | 3 live · £84k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £345k1 awards in 36m · last 11 months ago | 1 live · £345k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Oct 2026, 14:10 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Oct 2026, 14:10 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 6 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
3231- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-099522- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078cf1Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Delta eSourcing- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 18 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 11 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
21 Oct 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published1 day ago21 Oct 2026, 14:10 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 21 days11 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 27 days18 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 77 days6 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 161 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published21 Oct 2026, 14:10 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
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- Contracts (0)
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender