Awarded contract

Provision of Insourced Echocardiography Services

Details

Value
£1,073,904
Topic
Gynaecological hospital services
Published
11 December 2025

Tender description

Provision of onsite services for echocardiography clinics, utilising Somerset Foundation Trusts' equipment, reporting system, and support services (administration and referral). Services to include image acquisition, image reporting and audit of services. The Authority may also require Ambulatory (Tape) Analysis and Cardiac Rhythm Platform Monitoring during the contract term. Lot 1: Further Competition via SBS Framework 10203: Insourcing of Clinical Support Services. Additional information: Provision of Insourced Echocardiography Services<br/><br/>This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under 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 award. This contract has now been formally awarded using the competitive process based on a framework agreement.<br/><br/>The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £107,3904.00<br/><br/>This is a new service with a new provider.<br/><br/>The contract dates are 01/01/2026-31/12/2027 with the option to extend by up to 12 months.<br/><br/>There were no declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date10 December 2025
  2. Completed: Award published11 December 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital and community services across Somerset, and buys as an NHS trust with its own team of procurement and contract management specialists. Tenders are advertised on the Atamis e-tendering portal, with notices also published on the Find a Tender Service. Clinical services contracts follow the Provider Selection Regime at any contract value. Non-clinical procurement runs through framework agreements, including NHS Supply Chain, NHS Shared Business Services and the Crown Commercial Service. Suppliers below the tender threshold can register on the Trust's database of potential suppliers.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in repair and maintenance, IT services and medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 85111300 · Gynaecological hospital services
  • 85121231 · Cardiology services

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