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Published 16 Jan 2025, 14:28 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

High-intensity focused ultrasound · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF24)

Awarded value£532,083published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 16 Jan 2025no call for competition

Awarded to CERNO HEALTH LTD2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A direct award to Cerno for Provision of High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)

CPV: Ultrasonic unit

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Direct Award for provision of High-intensity focused ultrasound

Delivery: East Midlands

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

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: Goods
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: 16 Jan 2025, 14:28 GMT
Last source update: 31 Jan 2025, 11:55 GMT
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-003252
Classification (CPV): Ultrasonic unit
Delivery area: East Midlands (UKF24)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04d0a1 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: Sonablate are the only current validated manufacturers of high -intensity focused ultrasound equipment and associated consumables supplying the NHS in the UK. Cerno Health are the sole distributor of Sonablate in the UK.

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Buyer details updated
31 Jan 2025, 11:55 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £532,0831 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 16 Jan 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
CERNO HEALTH LTD	£532,083 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
CERNO HEALTH LTD	£532,083 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 001523-2025-1 · CERNO HEALTH LTD
Signed
16 Jan 2025
Value
£532,083
Status
active
Contract 003252-2025-1 · CERNO HEALTH LTD
Signed
16 Jan 2025
Value
£532,083
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: RNS Northampton General Hospital, NORTHAMPTON, East Midlands, NN15BDContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

Northampton General NHS TrustContracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth NORTHAMPTON, East MidlandsContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body London
University Hospital of Northamptonshire Procurement departmentReview body Northampton

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Cerno Health LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 08681679 Liverpool, UK

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.