Official UK procurement notice
Service and Maintenance of Bracco Equipment
Authority: Western Health and Social Care Trust (Central government)
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Awarded value£467,353published award · exc. VAT · operator revenue, not the authority's budget
Awarded 24 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to BRACCO UK LTD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvide service and maintenance of Bracco Equipment for the Western Health and Social Care Trust as per the OEM recommendations. A call out service will also be provided to attend breakdowns and complete repairs of the Bracco equipment.
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
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- 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
- 24 Dec 2025, 10:06 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 May 2026, 12:30 BST
- Authority reference
093658- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-040966- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fd20Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Protect Life
- Published justification
The OEM supplier failed to tender on several local tendering exercises and are not part of any existing framework opportunities.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
8 Jan 2026 → 5 May 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends289 days ago8 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published173 days ago5 May 2026, 12:30 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Dec 2025- Transparency notice published24 Dec 2025, 10:06 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published24 Dec 2025, 10:18 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected9 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published5 May 2026, 12:30 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £467,3531 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Mar 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRACCO UK LTDWHSCT - Service and Maintenance of Bracco Equipment1 Mar 2026 – 28 Feb 2034 · up to 29 Feb 2036Extensions: It is intended that the scope of the contract will be included within the regional renewal of the Northern Ireland Health & Social Care contract for Service and Maintenance of High Grade DI Equipment which could be renewed for a start date of 06/03/34. The contract could be extended to 29/02/2036, in 12 monthly steps, to facilitate completion of the regional re-tender or in the event of non-award. | £467,353 | 24 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · BRACCO UK LTD
- Signed
- 1 Mar 2026
- Value
- £467,353
- Period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 28 Feb 2034 · up to 29 Feb 2036 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 year extension period. This is to ensure cover should the equipment still be in use and allow sufficient time to complete a compliant procurement exercise.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BRACCO UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices 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