AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust awarded Vitalograph Limited a direct-award contract for service, maintenance, software and licences supporting four MS-PFT/Body VitaloLAB/VitaloQUB systems.
Published outcomeThe contract is recorded as active, signed on 9 October 2026, and scheduled to run from 21 October 2026 to 20 October 2032.
Market significanceThis is a six-year, single-supplier software, licensing and medical-equipment maintenance requirement valued at £161,043.60 excluding VAT (£193,252.32 including VAT).
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
VITALOGRAPH LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 161043.60 GBP · verified supplier; active award
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Supplier verification identifies VITALOGRAPH LIMITED, company number 00782675, matched by company number. Award 1 names supplier GB-COH-00782675 and relates to lot 1. The £161,043.60 value is the single contract value, not a separately published supplier or lot allocation.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceComplete
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Process source_status is "complete"; tender status is "complete".
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 status is "active".
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 status is "active".
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned on 9 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-09; its documents include documentType "contractSigned".
Scheduled contract period
99% confidence21 October 2026 to 20 October 2032
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Contract period startDate is 2026-10-21 and endDate is 2032-10-20.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£161,043.60
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Contract 1 value.amount is 161043.6 GBP; the opportunity description also states "£161,043.60+VAT".
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£193,252.32
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 193252.32 GBP.
VAT amount implied by published figures
99% confidence£32,208.72
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Calculated as published gross value £193,252.32 less published net value £161,043.60.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award date
99% confidence17 September 2026
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Award 1 award_date is 2026-09-17.
Transparency notice release
99% confidence17 September 2026
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Release history records transparency notice 088145-2026 on 2026-09-17.
Contract award notice release
99% confidence17 September 2026
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Release history records contract award notice 088159-2026 on 2026-09-17.
Contract signed
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-09.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Document 095526-2026 datePublished is 2026-10-09.
Scheduled start
99% confidence21 October 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-10-21.
Scheduled end
99% confidence20 October 2032
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2032-10-20.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
96% confidenceService and maintenance, software and licences for four MS-PFT/Body VitaloLAB/VitaloQUB systems
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Opportunity description states: "6 yr contract - Service and Maintenance for the 4x MS-PFT/Body VitaloLAB/VItaloQUB Software & licence."
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is "services".
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 50421000 — Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment
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Award item 1 lists CPV 50421000 with this description.
Delivery region
94% confidenceUKH12, United Kingdom
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Award item 1 delivery address is region UKH12, United Kingdom.
Lot structure
99% confidenceOne published lot (lot 1)
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Tender lists one lot, ID 1; award 1 is related to lot 1.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceDirect award
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Process and tender procurementMethodDetails state "Direct award".
Published direct-award rationale
91% confidenceThe supplier provides the software and licences
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Tender procurementMethodRationale states: "Vitaograph Ltd provide software and Licences."
Published rationale classifications
99% confidenceUnique work/performance, exclusive intellectual-property rights, and technical reasons
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Tender rationale classifications list singleSuppliersUniqueWorkArtPerformance, singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights and singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, competing suppliers, evaluation scores or award-scoring information is provided.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidenceSix years
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The description says "6 yr contract"; the scheduled period runs from 21 October 2026 to 20 October 2032.
Above-threshold flag
99% confidenceYes
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is true.
Performance metrics
94% confidenceNo agreed metrics published
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Contract 1 states noAgreedMetricsRationale: "This contract is below £5 Million Threshold including VAT - The provicer supplies software and licences".
Extension or renewal options
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No extension, option or renewal terms are present in the supplied contract data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Supply-market position
90% confidenceThe direct-award rationale indicates the buyer considered the supplier's software and licences relevant to unique capability, intellectual-property rights and technical reasons.
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Published rationale and classifications identify software/licence supply alongside unique work/performance, IP-exclusive-rights and technical-reasons grounds.
Commercial structure
98% confidenceThe published value covers a combined six-year service, maintenance, software and licence requirement; no component-level pricing is published.
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Description combines these elements, while contract data provides one overall net and gross value only.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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VITALOGRAPH LIMITED is verified against company number 00782675. The source name "Vitalograph Ltd" is consistent with the verified legal name.
Value allocation
99% confidenceSingle contract value published; no separate line-item or lot pricing supplied
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Contract 1 provides one value and lot 1 has no value_amount.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title or description
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Supplied lot record for ID 1 has null title and description.
Competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No tenderer count, scoring, evaluation narrative or price breakdown is included.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The notice does not publish bid counts, competing suppliers, evaluation scores, award-scoring detail or savings information.
- No lot title, lot description, individual lot value, line-item pricing or pricing breakdown is supplied.
- No extension, renewal-option or termination terms are supplied.
- The direct-award rationale is published in brief only; it does not provide underlying technical or intellectual-property evidence.
- No performance metrics are agreed in the published contract data.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Vitalograph LimitedCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustmedical equipment maintenancesoftware licencesdirect awardVitaloLABVitaloQUB
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the contract?
VITALOGRAPH LIMITED, verified by company number 00782675.
What is the contract value?
£161,043.60 excluding VAT and £193,252.32 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
The published period is 21 October 2026 to 20 October 2032; the contract is recorded as signed on 9 October 2026.
Why was a direct award used?
The published rationale says the supplier provides the software and licences, with classifications citing unique capability, intellectual-property rights and technical reasons.
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.