Awarded· 31 Jul 2025
Provision of Imaging Services (MRI)
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board · Stafford, West Midlands
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board has awarded Provision of Imaging Services (MRI). It is a contract for other health and social care in Stafford.
Source: Find a Tender, published 17 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Diagnostic Healthcare
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 14:05
View notice2025
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 13:11
View notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board has awarded Provision of Imaging Services (MRI). It is a contract for other health and social care in Stafford. The contract went to Diagnostic Healthcare. It was awarded on 31 July 2025. The contract value is £1,440,424.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 17 September 2025. The notice number is 057357-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-056b80.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process led by NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board involves the provision of MRI Imaging Services, classified under the CPV code 85150000. This contract falls within the medical imaging services industry and has been categorised as a services contract. The buying organisation, NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board, is located at Stafford Education & Enterprise Park, Weston Road, Stafford, United Kingdom.
The process follows a Direct Award C approach under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) 2023. As of 17th September 2025, the contract has been formally awarded, with the service provision commencing on 16th August 2025 and continuing until 31st January 2027. The procedure used bypassed a traditional competitive process, highlighting an award without the prior publication of a call for competition.
By choosing the Direct Award C process, the NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board confirms that they are awarding the contract to Diagnostic Healthcare Ltd, demonstrating the benefits for existing service providers to secure future work without a competitive bidding process.
The notice in full
NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) are acting on behalf of the Commissioner, NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (SSOT ICB). The ICB intends to follow the Direct Award C process in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) (PSR) 2023 for the Provision of Imaging services (MRI) with CPV code 85150000-5 (Medical Imaging Services).
Lots (1)
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Lot 1Cancelled
Intention to Award Notice for Direct Award C Process for the Provision of Imaging Services (MRI) for Staffordshire and Stoke - on - Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB) NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) are acting on behalf of the Commissioner, NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (SSOT ICB).
The ICB intends to follow the Direct Award C process in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) (PSR) 2023 for the Provision of Imaging services (MRI) with CPV code 85150000-5 (Medical Imaging Services).
The Direct Award C process involves awarding a contract to provider(s) without running a competitive process, because the relevant authority (SSOT ICB) confirms that the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract and is likely to satisfy the new contract, and the proposed contracting arrangements are not changing considerably from the existing contract.
The new contract will run from 16th August 2025 to 31st January 2027, and the estimated lifetime value of the new contract is PS1,440,424 (this figure includes a small amount of applicable VAT relating only to electricity supply).
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Diagnostic Healthcare
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Tender, Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £1,440,424
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
- 057357-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-056b80
- CPV code
- 85150000 - Medical imaging services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Stafford
- Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Postcode
- ST18 0BF
- Electoral ward
- Milwich
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
- Delivery area
- Staffordshire CC
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Staffordshire CC
- Area
- Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Sarah Morris
- Address
- Stafford, ST18 0BF · West Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Diagnostic Healthcare
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Provision of Imaging Services (MRI)
Who won the Provision of Imaging Services (MRI) contract?
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Diagnostic Healthcare on 31 July 2025.
How much is the Provision of Imaging Services (MRI) contract worth?
The contract value is £1,440,424.
Who is the buyer for Provision of Imaging Services (MRI)?
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board, based in Stafford, West Midlands. The named contact is Sarah Morris.
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