Medical Imaging Tenders and Contracts

Medical imaging procurement includes both the equipment and the services side: X-ray, ultrasound, MRI and CT scanners, radiography and fluoroscopy systems, and medical imaging services such as diagnostic scanning and reporting.

Stotles brings together medical imaging tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Imaging equipment and maintenance are often called off NHS Supply Chain frameworks, and imaging networks of several trusts tender shared systems together.

Medical imaging tenders are scored on image quality and clinical performance, uptime guarantees, servicing, training and whole-life cost. Equipment often comes with long maintenance terms, so service support weighs heavily.

Imaging equipment must meet medical device rules, X-ray work follows the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 and IR(ME)R, and imaging providers must be registered with the Care Quality Commission. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

Buyers include NHS trusts, hospitals and health boards, with dental and veterinary services also buying their own imaging equipment. Equipment and maintenance are often bought through frameworks such as NHS Supply Chain, while services are frequently direct awards under the provider selection regime.

NHS trusts and hospitals are the main buyers, purchasing scanners and imaging services for radiology departments and diagnostic units. Dental and veterinary services also procure their own imaging equipment, typically at a smaller scale than a hospital radiology department.

Read radiology and estates strategies, scanner replacement plans, diagnostic capacity reviews and expiry dates for existing maintenance contracts, which show work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the trusts behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

Medical imaging notices carry 33113100 (Magnetic resonance scanners), and imaging software carries 48180000 (Medical software package) and 48329000 (Imaging and archiving system).