Awarded· 22 Jan 2025
Echocardiography Services
NHS Devon Integrated Care Board · Exeter, South West
NHS Devon Integrated Care Board has awarded Echocardiography Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Exeter.
Source: Find a Tender, published 28 Feb 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Ultracardiac
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 13:32
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About this tender
In brief
NHS Devon Integrated Care Board has awarded Echocardiography Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Exeter. The contract went to Ultracardiac. It was awarded on 22 January 2025. The contract value is £403,604.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 28 February 2025. The notice number is 007528-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04e8a5.
Summary of the contracting process
NHS Devon Integrated Care Board has completed the procurement process for Echocardiography Services under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The contract was awarded to Ultracardiac Limited, an SME based in Plymouth, for a term starting from 1st April 2025 with an optional one-year extension. This service falls under the medical imaging services industry category and aims to provide a local, direct access echocardiography service.
The direct award process, identified as limited procurement without prior publication, ensures compliance with relevant regulations. The contract, valued at £403,604, includes comprehensive care from receipt of referral to diagnostic investigation and reporting. SMEs with the necessary qualifications and equipment compliant with British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) standards are well-suited for such contracts, enabling them to demonstrate their capabilities in providing high-quality medical diagnostics.
The notice in full
The service aims to provide a local, direct access echocardiography service with staff qualified to appropriate levels of skill and experience, using equipment which all comply with the guidance set by the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE). The care pathway being commissioned includes receipt of referral, initial triage, pre-appointment communication with patients, the diagnostic investigation and a report being sent to the referrer.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. NHS Devon sought to procure echocardiography services. It is intending to award a contract of 1 year (with an optional extension of 1 year), commencing 1st April 2025 to Ultracardiac Limited - following Direct Award Process C of the Provider Selection Regime.
Lifetime value: PS403,604 Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. 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.
This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. Date of contract award: 22/01/2025 Contract term: 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2025 (1 year optional extension) Lifetime Contract Value: PS403,604 No representations received. No conflict of interests declared/known.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Ultracardiac
- 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
- £403,604
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
Not stated in the notice: lots.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 007528-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e8a5
- CPV code
- 85150000 - Medical imaging services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Exeter
- Town
- Exeter
- Postcode
- EX2 5AZ
- Electoral ward
- Priory
- Constituency
- Exeter
- Delivery area
- Devon
- Region
- South West
- Sub-region
- Devon CC
- Area
- Devon
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Exeter, EX2 5AZ · South West · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Ultracardiac
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Echocardiography Services
Who won the Echocardiography Services contract?
NHS Devon Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Ultracardiac on 22 January 2025.
How much is the Echocardiography Services contract worth?
The contract value is £403,604.
Who is the buyer for Echocardiography Services?
NHS Devon Integrated Care Board, based in Exeter, South West.
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