AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust published an award notice for maintenance and support of its Command Centre Tiles and Video Wall. The active award names GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS LIMITED as supplier and states a total award value of £803,375.
Published outcomeAward recorded as active; this is an award notice, not explicit evidence that a contract has been signed.
Market significanceA three-year NHS support and maintenance requirement for operational command-centre software and video-wall capability, sourced through a framework call-off.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS LIMITED
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-d29ea9b4-eb44-4ef2-b5f6-fd4d0f83bdc9-1 · 803375 GBP · Active award
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The award identifies GE Medical Systems Limited as supplier and gives an award value of £803,375. Supplier verification reports an exact-name match to GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS LIMITED, company number 00252567.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice stage
99% confidenceAward
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The record is labelled "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder" and release tags contain "award".
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-d29ea9b4-eb44-4ef2-b5f6-fd4d0f83bdc9-1 has status "active".
Contract signature
99% confidenceUnknown
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No explicit signature or contract-conclusion field is supplied.
Published date
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Award notice datePublished is 2026-10-20T15:19:39+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£803,375
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The active award value is 803375 GBP.
Published minimum value
98% confidence£611,475
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Tender minValue is 611475 GBP.
Value allocation
96% confidenceAllocated to the single reported award and supplier
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One award is supplied, naming one supplier, with value £803,375.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender deadline
99% confidence12 September 2025, 12:00 BST
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Tender period endDate is 2025-09-12T12:00:00+01:00.
Published contract period start
99% confidence13 September 2025
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Tender and award contractPeriod startDate is 2025-09-13T00:00:00+01:00.
Award date
99% confidence26 May 2026
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Award date is 2026-05-26T00:00:00+01:00.
Published contract period end
99% confidence12 September 2028
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Tender and award contractPeriod endDate is 2028-09-12T23:59:59+01:00.
Date relationship
99% confidencePublished start date precedes the reported award date
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The supplied start date is 13 September 2025; the reported award date is 26 May 2026.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceSupport and maintenance for Command Centre Tiles and a Video Wall
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The description requests continued support for Command Centre Tiles and maintenance of the Video Wall.
Operational purpose
98% confidenceSupport real-time information for patient-care and hospital-flow decisions
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The description says the Command Centre helps manage patient care and flow, with analytics highlighting problems or delays.
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 48517000 — IT software package
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The primary supplied classification is CPV 48517000, described as IT software package.
Delivery location
98% confidenceBD9 6RJ, United Kingdom
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The tender item lists delivery postal code BD9 6RJ and country United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceSelective
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The tender procurementMethod is "selective".
Procedure detail
99% confidenceCall-off from a framework agreement
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procurementMethodDetails states "Call-off from a framework agreement".
Competition data
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information on invited suppliers, bids received and evaluation outcomes is not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Published term
99% confidence13 September 2025 to 12 September 2028
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The award contractPeriod specifies these start and end dates.
Published duration
99% confidence3 years
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The published dates run from 13 September 2025 to 12 September 2028.
Extension or renewal options
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
SME suitability
99% confidenceNo
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Tender suitability.sme is false.
VCSE suitability
99% confidenceNo
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Tender suitability.vcse is false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial route
99% confidenceFramework call-off
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The procedure detail is stated as call-off from a framework agreement.
Service continuity relevance
98% confidenceThe requirement is described as essential to operational continuity and system reliability.
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The published description expressly characterises continued support and maintenance as essential to continuity and reliability.
Value range context
99% confidenceThe £803,375 award value is £191,900 above the published minimum value.
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Published value is £803,375 and published minimum value is £611,475; the difference is £191,900.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Chronology inconsistency
99% confidenceThe published contract start date precedes both the reported award date and award-notice publication date.
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Start: 13 September 2025; award date: 26 May 2026; notice publication: 20 October 2026.
Contract conclusion evidence
99% confidenceThe record supports an active award, but does not explicitly evidence a signed or concluded contract.
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No signature or contract-conclusion information is supplied.
Lot detail
99% confidenceNo lot records or lot allocation are supplied.
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The lots dataset is empty and award lot_ids_json is null.
Unpublished commercial detail
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes bidder counts, evaluation results, pricing breakdown, award rationale and extension terms.
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These fields are absent from the supplied record.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published contract start date of 13 September 2025 is earlier than the reported award date of 26 May 2026 and notice publication date of 20 October 2026; the source does not explain this chronology.
- The source is an award notice and does not explicitly confirm that a contract was signed or otherwise concluded.
- No lot titles, allocations or individual lot values are published.
- Information not supplied in the published notice includes bid counts, evaluation details, award rationale, pricing breakdown and extension or renewal terms.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS LIMITEDBradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCommand Centre TilesVideo Wall maintenanceNHS IT supportframework call-off£803,375
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named as supplier?
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS LIMITED was named on the active award; supplier verification reports company number 00252567.
What is the award value?
The published award value is £803,375.
What is being procured?
Support and maintenance for Command Centre Tiles and the associated Video Wall.
Was this a framework procurement?
Yes. The notice describes the route as a call-off from a framework agreement.
When does the published contract period end?
The published end date is 12 September 2028, although extension arrangements are not stated.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.