Awarded· 30 Mar 2025
Cobalt Health Mobile MRI Unit at Gloucester Royal Hospital
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cheltenham, South West
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Cobalt Health Mobile MRI Unit at Gloucester Royal Hospital. It is a contract for other health and social care in Cheltenham.
Source: Find a Tender, published 2 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Cobalt Health
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 07:40
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About this tender
In brief
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Cobalt Health Mobile MRI Unit at Gloucester Royal Hospital. It is a contract for other health and social care in Cheltenham. The contract went to Cobalt Health. It was awarded on 30 March 2025. The contract value is £250,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 2 April 2025. The notice number is 012398-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04fbaf.
Summary of the contracting process
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has completed the tendering process for a contract titled "Cobalt Health Mobile MRI Unit at Gloucester Royal Hospital," classified under the medical imaging services category. This direct award procurement, without prior publication of a call for competition, falls under the Provider Selection Regime Regulations 2023.
The contract was signed on 31st March 2025, with Cobalt Health as the supplier, for a total value of £250,000 GBP. The contract will be in effect from 31st March 2025 until 30th June 2025, and involves the provision of a mobile MRI unit and two radiographers for five days per week, with additional ad hoc services during weekends at the Gloucester Royal Hospital, located in the UKK13 region.
The healthcare procurement process, given its nature of direct award, offers potential business growth for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) like Cobalt Health, which can provide high-quality and flexible medical imaging solutions.
The notice in full
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.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
Mobile MRI Unit based at Gloucester Royal Hospital including the provision of 2 radiologists
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Cobalt Health
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £250,000
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 012398-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04fbaf
- CPV code
- 85150000 - Medical imaging services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Cheltenham
- Town
- Gloucester
- Postcode
- GL53 7AN
- Electoral ward
- College
- Constituency
- Cheltenham
- Delivery area
- Gloucestershire CC
- Region
- South West
- Sub-region
- Gloucestershire CC
- Area
- Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Kelly Attwood
- Address
- Gloucester, GL53 7AN · South West · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Cobalt Health
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Cobalt Health Mobile MRI Unit at Gloucester Royal Hospital
Who won the Cobalt Health Mobile MRI Unit at Gloucester Royal Hospital contract?
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to Cobalt Health on 30 March 2025.
How much is the Cobalt Health Mobile MRI Unit at Gloucester Royal Hospital contract worth?
The contract value is £250,000.
Who is the buyer for Cobalt Health Mobile MRI Unit at Gloucester Royal Hospital?
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, based in Cheltenham, South West. The named contact is Kelly Attwood.
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