MRI Backlog Reduction and Diagnostic Capacity Support Service

Description

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust intends to award a contract for the provision of additional MRI diagnostic capacity to support waiting list reduction and RTT recovery. The service will be delivered from the provider's Whitstable MRI facility at Estuary View and includes patient booking, MRI scanning, diagnostic reporting, administration and associated support services. The Trust has undertaken the Most Suitable Provider Process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and has identified the provider as the most suitable provider having regard to the key criteria. This notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the Most Suitable Provider Process.

Key facts

Procedure

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Lots

1

Contact

Senior Category Manager - Corporate

ekh-tr.procurement@nhs.net

Category

services

Awarded suppliers

• AM Diagnostic Imaging Ltd. trading as AM Diagnostic Services · GB-COH-13708069 · UKC14

Ground given for limiting competition

The buyer’s own stated reason for awarding without open competition, as published. Their assertion, not a finding.

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the decision makers by 10 November 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.