MRI upgrade
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Siemens Healthcare Ltd
- Value
- £97,000
- Topic
- Magnetic resonance imaging equipment
- Published
- 19 December 2025
Tender description
The “BRIC2” 3-T MRI brain scanner was installed at the Edinburgh Imaging Facility RIE in 2016. Some key components of the system now require upgrade to leverage the latest imaging techniques. Specifically, the electronic control systems that interface with the magnetic field gradient amplifiers and radio frequency systems, and the computational platform required to generate and reconstruct images need to be updated. This offers a cost effective way to extend the optimum life of the machine. Lot 1: The “BRIC2” 3-T MRI brain scanner was installed at the Edinburgh Imaging Facility RIE in 2016. Some key components of the system now require upgrade to leverage the latest imaging techniques. Specifically, the electronic control systems that interface with the magnetic field gradient amplifiers and radio frequency systems, and the computational platform required to generate and reconstruct images need to be updated. This offers a cost effective way to extend the optimum life of the machine.. This is a Call-Off from framework LAB1036NH (NHS framework NP16722)
Timeline
- Completed: Award date17 December 2025
- Completed: Award published19 December 2025Current notice
About the buyer
University of Edinburgh buys as a higher education institution, through its own Procurement function. Larger tenders are advertised on Public Contract Scotland, via the PCS-T e-tendering platform. Suppliers must register separately on both systems before bidding. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements with APUC, Scotland Excel and the Crown Commercial Service. Prior information notices invite market engagement from suppliers ahead of larger tenders. The Strategic Procurement team leads regulated sourcing, while Operational Procurement manages day-to-day purchase orders. A Procurement Support team handles reporting, data analysis and training across the function.
Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.
Over the past 5 years, most of University of Edinburgh's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and software and information systems.
Relevant CPV codes
- 33113000 · Magnetic resonance imaging equipment
Decision makers
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