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Variation for construction and operation of a Community Diagnostics Facility

Community health services
Medical imaging services
South West (UKK23)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Somerset NHS Foundation Trust: "Variation for construction and operation of a Community Diagnostics Facility". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthoritySomerset NHS Foundation TrustScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
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Published history for Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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Competition Density
3.3Bids / Report
56.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
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Coverage: 70 active published awards; 67 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthoritySomerset NHS Foundation Trust
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published23 Jun 2025, 16:56 BST
Last source update23 Jun 2025, 16:56 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationCommunity health services, Medical imaging services
Delivery area
South West (UKK23)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05520b
What is being bought
The Trust entered into a contract with Ergéa (previously known as Asteral) in July 2017 for the provision of a Healthcare Facility (the Contract). Ergéa’s service provision includes equipment installation and enabling works (including turnkey works), commissioning, procurement, maintenance and support, replacement, disposal and the provision of radiology consumables. The Trust intends to modify the Contract in accordance with Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the PCR 2015) to provide a Community Diagnostic Centre at Bridgwater Community Hospital (the CDC). Ergéa will provide a full turnkey solution for the CDC. It will design and construct the building and then deliver an equipment management service at the CDC. The building will be built on the Trust’s existing site and the Trust will retain ownership of the building. The project will be funded by NHS England. Provision of funding is dependent on the CDC being delivered by 31/03/2026.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Jun 2025, 16:56 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    23 Jun 2025, 16:56 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    23 Jun 2025, 16:56 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
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  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    The Trust entered into a contract with Ergéa (previously known as Asteral) in July 2017 for the provision of a Healthcare Facility (the Contract). Ergéa’s service provision includes equipment installation and enabling works (including turnkey works), commissioning, procurement, maintenance and support, replacement, disposal and the provision of radiology consumables. The Trust intends to modify the Contract in accordance with Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the PCR 2015) to provide a Community Diagnostic Centre at Bridgwater Community Hospital (the CDC). Ergéa will provide a full turnkey solution for the CDC. It will design and construct the building and then deliver an equipment management service at the CDC. The building will be built on the Trust’s existing site and the Trust will retain ownership of the building. The project will be funded by NHS England. Provision of funding is dependent on the CDC being delivered by 31/03/2026. Additional information: On 30 May 2025 the Trust’s Finance Committee took the decision to proceed with varying the Contract to provide the CDC (subject to final agreement of the amended terms, the necessarily approvals for funding from NHS England and ratification of the Trust Board). The Trust relies on Regulation 72(1)(b) and, in the alternative, Regulation 72(1)(e) to modify the Contract.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    23 Jun 2025, 16:56 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 30 May 2025, 00:00 BST · £37,539,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Ergea UK and Ireland Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£37,539,000 · signed 30 May 2025, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authority GB-FTS-1287
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  • Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
    buyer
    mediationBody
    reviewContactPoint

    Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, UKK23, TA1 5DA
    paul.saunders@somersetft.nhs.uk

  • Ergea UK and Ireland Limited
    supplier

    04328629
    Units 4-6 Ely Road Theale Commercial Estate Theale, Reading, Theale, UKJ11, RG7 4BQ
    uk.ccc-endo@ergeagroup.com
    +44 1189008100

  • The High Court
    reviewBody

    The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
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Planning and rationale
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No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe Trust relies on Regulation 72(1)(b) of the PCR 2015. <br/><br/>Necessity: <br/>• The CDC will significantly increase diagnostic capacity as it will deliver an additional 24,282 MRI and CT scans per year. The additional capacity of the CDC will help to significantly reduce waiting times for complex imaging.<br/>• The CDC will be located close to the Trust’s main hospital site and operated by Trust staff so the Trust will be able to carry out interventional imaging in the new facility. Patients can be transferred across easily for recovery purposes. <br/>Economic/technical reasons: <br/>• NHSE funding for the CDC is on the basis that it is built by 30/03/26 so there would not be sufficient time to procure/negotiate a new contract with another supplier in such short timescales. A change of contractor would give rise to a significant risk of not meeting the conditions for receipt of the funding. <br/>• Having a different provider would create operational issues for the Trust e.g. if a different provider were to deliver and manage the CDC, this could lead to a situation whereby the equipment at the CDC has not been updated to the same level as the equipment in the Trust’s acute site. Having the same supplier operating both sites will therefore ensure that there is consistency between the equipment which is being provided by the Trust to its patients. <br/>• Having the same supplier will enable the Trust to freely transfer and/or move equipment and consumables between the sites as and when required to deal with any demand issues. This will drive efficiencies which will help improve the delivery of patient care as well as give rise to cost efficiencies. <br/>Significant inconvenience / duplication of costs: <br/>• Having the same supplier operating the two sites will avoid duplication of resource and costs associated with contract management.<br/>• There will be a single point of contact for staff if there are any issues with equipment. Not only will this be more convenient for the Trust, it will also enable any issues to be dealt with more efficiently. <br/><br/>As noted above, the modification does not result in an increase in price of more than 50% of the value of the original Contract.<br/><br/>Alternatively, the Trust relies on Regulation 72(1)(e) of the PCR 2015. The Contract already includes the provision of turnkey and enabling works and the Trust intends to keep the payment mechanisms the same. The Trust therefore does not consider the modification to be substantial.