Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Alexandra House, Cheltenham General Hospital, Sandford Road
Gloucester
GL53 7AN
UK
Contact person: Kelly Attwood
E-mail: kattwood@nhs.net
NUTS: UKK1
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
MRI Support to GHNHSFT from Winfield Hospital (Ramsay Health Care)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85150000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Provision of additional MRI capacity to GHFT for 10 body parts per week (non-contrast) at NHS Payment Scheme National Tariff.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
27 820.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK13
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
MRI scans will be provided to GHFT patients from Nuffield Health - Cheltenham Hospital for 26 weeks with the provision of 10 body parts per week. <br/>Due to unforeseen circumstances and the risk to patients, this contract has been awarded under the Provider Selection Regime Urgent Award. <br/>The lifetime value of the contract will be £27,820 for 26 weeks support with the provision of 10 body parts per week from 29th June 2026
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
Due to the air handling units failure as they are no longer able to maintain humidity within the required safe scanning range. This has severely and unexpectedly affected MRI capacity at both CGH and GRH and as a result MRI provision for the county currently operating at approximately 25% of normal capacity with only one of the four scanners available. Without additional capacity would crease significant breach position and materially impact cancer and stroke pathways. All internal options to increase capacity have been exhausted. The remaining operational scanner at GRH is already being used for extended hours, up to 16 hours per day, seven days a week, during periods when the other three scanners are unavailable. Therefore, the only option is to seek additional capacity by outsourcing to a local provider in order to ensure that GHNHSFT patients are able to access MRI scans and ensure patient flow is able to be maintained. Additional capacity is only being sought as a temporary measure for 26 weeks.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29/06/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
NUFFIELD HEALTH
205533 (Charity) and 576970 (Ltd)
Epsom Gateway Epsom Surrey
Taunton
KT18 5AL
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: www.nuffieldhealth.com
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 27 820.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The following contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). 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. <br/>This award was made under urgent circumstances due to the air handling units failure as they are no longer able to maintain humidity within the required safe scanning range. This has severely and unexpectedly affected MRI capacity at both CGH and GRH and as a result MRI provision for the county currently operating at approximately 25% of normal capacity with only one of the four scanners available. Without additional capacity would crease significant breach position and materially impact cancer and stroke pathways. All internal options to increase capacity have been exhausted. The remaining operational scanner at GRH is already being used for extended hours, up to 16 hours per day, seven days a week, during periods when the other three scanners are unavailable. Therefore, the only option is to seek additional capacity by outsourcing to a local provider in order to ensure that GHNHSFT patients are able to access MRI scans and ensure patient flow is able to be maintained. <br/>Additional capacity is only being sought as a temporary measure for 26 weeks with 10 body parts (non contrast) provision per week. <br/>The decision makers were Radiology Services Manager, Radiology General Manager as well as the wider senior executive team. <br/>No conflicts of interests were identified.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Alexandra House, Cheltenham General Hospital, Sandford Road
Gloucester
GL53 7AN
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/07/2026