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Published 7 Oct 2026, 11:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Teleradiology Reporting Services — UK public procurement notice

Authority: COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£9,000,000≈ £2.3m / year · £10,800,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 9 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 33d 1h left
Clarification cut-off 29 Oct 202612:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 4 yrsup to 6 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT) are seeking to appoint a single supplier to provide Teleradiology Reporting Services. The Trust operates across two large acute sites and several non-acute sites, serving the population of County Durham and Darlington.

At County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, our vision is to deliver care which is right first time, every time. We are guided by our core values of respect and dignity, compassion, quality care, improving lives, everyone counts and working together for patients.

By placing people and communities at the heart of all that we do, we strive to create a supportive and inclusive environment for both patients and our workforce, ensuring that every individual receives safe, compassionate and joined-up care.

Reporting requirements will include but are not limited to: MRI, CT, Plain Film, Nuclear Medicine, with limited reporting requiring Specialist Radiologists.

The Trust are seeking a supplier who is able to provide reporting services twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week for Urgent and Emergency Radiology Reporting, as well as provide Elective Reporting. There is no volume commitment as part of this contract and the demand from the Trust may vary overtime dependent on in house reporting capacity. However, the supplier would hold an exclusive contract for the out of hours provision to maintain continuity on the basis that the supplier can meet the turnaround time outlined by the Trust. However, for all other reporting, the Trust will be able to use alternative suppliers if desired. As demand fluctuates, the supplier must be able to adapt to high and low demands for reporting services.

Bidding suppliers will be evaluated in line with the below Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Key Criteria regulated scoring:

1: Quality and Innovation: 20%

2: Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice: 15%

3: Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability: 15%

4: Value - Price: 40%

5: Social Value: 10%

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Jan 2032, 23:59 GMT.

CPV: Medical analysis services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 4 yrsSMEPublished value£9,000,000
Contract period: 1 Jan 2027 — 30 Dec 2030 (4 yrs) · up to 6 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South WestTurnover guideline: ~£4,500,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£9,000,000 exc. VAT · £10,800,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
2 x 12 months
85148000 Medical analysis services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
Quality: 35%Price: 40%Social value: 10%Environmental: 15%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Quality and Innovation — 20%
  • Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice — 15%
  • Value - Price — 40%
  • Social Value — 10%
  • Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability — 15%

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points — a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £4,500,000 (twice the annual value).

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring — the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST buys Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514) — and who usually turns up

COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST’s own published record, next to the North East England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514) →

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How the contest usually goes

This buyer’s published record next to the market where the work is delivered — contested contracts only, counted per lot

Question for the bid
The marketMiscellaneous health services (CPV 8514) · North East England
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 1 of 5 known-size awards · market: CPV 8514, n=223
20%20%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means registered in North East England.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 6 of 7 known-location awards · market: CPV 8514, n=304
86%76%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in North East England.

How long to a decision?
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no dates · market: n=17
—29 days

Half of these awards were announced within 29 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: exactly 6 of 7 awarded contracts without a rival · market: n=255
86%92%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer1 lots with bid counts · all categories · too few to chart
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The market32 lots with bid counts · CPV 8514
47% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid47%
Market: 15 of 32 lots with published bid counts.
2–316%
Market: 5 of 32 lots with published bid counts.
4–619%
Market: 6 of 32 lots with published bid counts.
7+19%
Market: 6 of 32 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyerNo matched awards
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The market12 lots with estimate and award · CPV 8514
33% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate33%
Market: 4 of 12 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%50%
Market: 6 of 12 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate17%
Market: 2 of 12 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors — from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 8514Suitable for SMEs 48 monthsPublished value£9,000,000
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

The bar shows 32 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—47% single-bid risk
Past bids on 32 similar lots
1 bid47%
15 of 32 similar past lots received 1 bid (47%).
2–316%
5 of 32 similar past lots received 2–3 (16%).
4–619%
6 of 32 similar past lots received 4–6 (19%).
7+19%
6 of 32 similar past lots received 7+ (19%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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Where the winning price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A guide, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet — the published estimate is £9.0m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueMatch
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Who could compete for this lot?
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Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
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Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each figure explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two sides are never blended. A lot’s own market is read at its delivery region where the lot names one; where it names several, or none that can be resolved, the chart falls back to the UK-wide record for the same category and says so under the bar. An empty cell means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • When we call out a difference. A buyer figure is only flagged against the market when the sample is large enough that the gap is unlikely to be chance; at most two callouts appear, always phrased as a comparison with both numbers and the sample size.
  • Coverage (re-measured 5 Oct on the live record, 94,497 awarded procedures of the last three years). 51 % publish a bid count and 72 % a delivery region, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice names none, labelled. Of the 17,687 award-vs-estimate pairs, 34 % sit exactly on the estimate — the buyer published the award at the figure it advertised. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden, and a distribution is not drawn as percentages below ten observations.
  • “Match”, text similarity, the expected-bid figure and the distribution drawn beneath it are model outputs, not published facts or win probabilities. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 1 Jan 2032
First published
7 Oct 2026, 11:01 BST
Last source update
7 Oct 2026, 11:01 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 7 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
Authority reference
C475272
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Medical analysis services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)+1 more
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078256 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via Atamis Health Family Portal
Submission portal named on this notice: Atamis Health Family Portal · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Electronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Tenderers to access and bid via the Atamis portal, by clicking the link below: atamis-1928--prospend.vf.force.com/apex/CS_ContractPage ↗
Published estimate £9,000,000 excludes VAT (£10,800,000 including VAT).

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedjust passed
    7 Oct 2026, 11:01 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 22 days
    29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadlinein 33 days
    9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Award decision expected byin 62 days
    7 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 86 days
    1 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    7 Oct 2026, 11:01 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-NHS: RXP · GB-PPON: PQLT-2871-PCJY Hollyhurst Road, Darlington, North East, DL3 6HX

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender