Official UK procurement notice
Teleradiology Reporting Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Radiology Services at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT) delivers a comprehensive and wide range of diagnostic and interventional imaging procedures. These services include accurate and timely diagnostic reporting for our elective patients which is essential for the accurate diagnosis and effective treatment of various medical conditions.<br/><br/>Since May 2015, the Radiology Service at GHNHSFT have used external reporting provisions to ensure that the speed of reporting is maintained within national recognised timelines. The additional capacity is needed to help reduce patient care delays, improve elective reporting efficiencies and try to meet escalating demand in a more financially sustainable manner.<br/><br/>Current types of image reporting include, but are not necessarily limited to:<br/>
- Plain Radiograph (CD/DR)<br/>
- CT (Computed Tomography)<br/>
- MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)<br/><br/>Sub-Specialties include but not limited to:<br/>
- Neuroradiology<br/>
- Paediatric (Radiology, Neuroradiology et-al)<br/>
- Cancer/RECIST (lung, breast, prostate, brain et-al)<br/>
- Musculoskeletal<br/>
- Cardiac<br/>
- CTC<br/>
- Vascular Imaging
CPV: Medical imaging services · Services provided by medical personnel
The lotProcurement structure
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 29 Jan 2025, 15:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 29 Jan 2025, 15:18 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-002987- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d711Find a Tender
Publisher note: PRE-MARKET ENGAGEMENT<br/>The Prior Information Notice aims to notify suppliers of this forthcoming procurement and seek expressions of interest from potential suppliers to participate in pre-market engagement activities, involving a response to a questionnaire, and attending a virtual meeting to provide feedback on the questionnaire.<br/><br/>GHNHSFT ("the Authority") intends to arrange virtual meetings at the beginning of March 2025 for suppliers to verbally walkthrough and discuss their feedback to the questionnaire.<br/><br/>To express your interest and for further information on the questionnaire, please refer to the documentation on Atamis, project ref 'C333907 Teleradiology Reporting Services'; but please try to confirm your participation in pre-market engagement activities by 07 February 2025.<br/><br/>CONTACTS<br/>Please direct any and all messages/ inquiries about this procurement via Atamis; no direct contact is to be made with Authority staff.<br/><br/>PROCUREMENT PROCESS & TIMESCALES<br/>The route for procuring off-site Teleradiology Reporting Services (i.e. Outsourcing) will be subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this procurement.<br/><br/>The Authority intends to undertake its own procurement process, via the PSR "Competitive Process".<br/><br/>The formal publication of the procurement is planned for April 2025, and the Authority intends to work to a timescale to ensure that the award of the contract is complete by September 2025.<br/><br/>The Authority reserves the right to change its approach, the scope of the procurement, the procurement procedure, and timelines as a result of the pre-market engagement or any other engagement. For the avoidance of doubt, suppliers do not need to participate in the pre-market engagement activities to be eligible to submit a formal bid when the procurement formally commences.<br/><br/>FINANCIALS<br/>The estimated total contract value (see I.1.5.1 Estimated total value) is based on an estimated annual spend of £3M (excluding VAT), and a 4 year contract duration. This figure incorporates annual growth.
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
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Timeline
29 Jan 2025 → 7 Apr 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published29 Jan 2025, 15:18 GMT
- Tender notice expected7 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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