Cobalt Health Mobile MRI Unit at Gloucester Royal Hospital

Official notice

Authority: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South West (UKK13)

Awarded value£250,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 31 Mar 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Cobalt Health

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cobalt Health will provide a mobile MRI unit for 11.5 hours scanning a day based on 5 days per week (Monday to Friday) and some ad hoc provision (Saturdays and Sundays). Cobalt Health will also provide 2 Radiographers to support the mobile MRI unit. The contract excludes contrast media and related consumables, power and radiology reporting. This contract is for 3 months only (31.03.2025 - 30.06.2025). Conflict of interest provided and none disclosed by Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust or supplier, in terms of key decision makers and bidding team. As no conflict of interests were disclosed, none needed to be reviewed or managed. The procurement process and resultant contract was done via Direct Award A of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt the provisions of the Procurement Act 2024 do not apply to this procurement. The reason for this notice is to ensure that the 'Publish the intention to Award Notice' as part of the Provider Selection Regime Regulations 2024 is met.

CPV: Medical imaging services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Mobile MRI Unit based at Gloucester Royal Hospital including the provision of 2…Awarded

Mobile MRI Unit based at Gloucester Royal Hospital including the provision of 2 radiologists

Delivery: South West · Gloucester Royal Hospital

85150000 Medical imaging services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 2 Apr 2025, 08:40 BST
Last source update: 2 Apr 2025, 08:40 BST
Authority reference: C346107
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-012398
Classification (CPV): Medical imaging services
Delivery area: South West (UKK13)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04fbaf Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: This award is via Provider Selection Regime 2024 under Direct Award C

Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification notice, 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 modified. A Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment was conducted for both the Authority and Supplier. Key decision-makers and members of the bidding, and evaluation teams were required to disclose any potential conflicts. Upon thorough review, no conflicts of interest were identified or disclosed. Consequently, no additional conflict management measures were deemed necessary for this procurement process.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £250,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 31 Mar 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Cobalt HealthSME	£250,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 012398-2025-1 · Cobalt HealthSME
Signed
31 Mar 2025
Value
£250,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Alexandra House, Cheltenham General Hospital, Sandford Road, Gloucester, South West, GL53 7ANContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

COBALT HEALTHAwarded supplier04366596 Linton House Clinic, Thirlestaine Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,, Cheltenham, South West, GL53 7ASContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.