Fibroscanner Lease
awardedTHE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · GB-NHS-RTD
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Description
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides comprehensive Fibroscanning services, establishing a non-invasive, gold-standard clinical pathway for staging liver fibrosis and monitoring liver disease progression. Virtually all patients attending an outpatient hepatology clinic at the Freeman Hospital require a Fibroscan to safely manage their care. The Trust is intending to award directly to Echosens for a 36 month lease of two Fibroscanners plus maintenance under Schedule 5, paragraph 2 of the Procurement Act 2023. Direct award justification: Single supplier - intellectual property or exclusive rights Single supplier - technical reasons The equipment manufacturer, Echosens, is the exclusive, sole-source global provider of this specific diagnostic technology
Key facts
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Lots
- 1
- Contact
- Rebecca Clayrebecca.clay3@nhs.net
- Contract period
- 14 Nov 2026 → 13 Nov 2029
- Value incl. VAT
- £182k
- Category
- goods
Awarded suppliers
- ECHOSENS UK LIMITED · GB-COH-11945055 · UKD34, GB
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Provenance
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Notice id
- 104652-2026
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06e9d2
- First seen
- 4 Nov 2026
- Last updated
- 4 Nov 2026
Licence Open Government Licence v3.0 ↗
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