AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has awarded and signed a contract with SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED for engineer servicing work on the MAGNETOM Sola MRI system at St. Margaret's Hospital.
Published outcomeSingle-supplier direct award below threshold, without competition, under a sub-threshold waiver. The published contract is active.
Market significanceA £15,024 net (£18,028.80 gross) medical-equipment maintenance contract running from 9 October 2026 to 31 December 2027.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £15,024 net; £18,028.80 gross GBP · Verified legal supplier; award and contract active
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Award 1 identifies Siemens Healthcare Limited as supplier. Supplier verification records an exact-name match to SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED (company number 09567186). Contract 1, linked to award 1, gives the stated values.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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Published document is described as “Contract details notice on Find a Tender” (UK7).
Procurement status
98% confidenceComplete
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Tender and lot 1 are marked “complete”.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 1 status is “active”.
Contract status
98% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 status is “active”.
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned on 8 October 2026
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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-10-08.
Contract start
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Contract period startDate is 2026-10-09.
Contract end
99% confidence31 December 2027
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Contract period endDate is 2027-12-31T23:59:59Z.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£15,024
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Contract 1 value.amount is 15024 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£18,028.80
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 18028.8 GBP.
Value allocation
98% confidenceSingle contract linked to award 1 and lot 1
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Contract 1 is linked to awardID 1; award 1 relates to lot 1.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence8 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-08.
Contract commencement
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Contract period startDate is 2026-10-09.
Notice published
99% confidence21 October 2026
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The UK7 contract details notice was published at 2026-10-21T10:25:03+01:00.
Contract expiry
99% confidence31 December 2027
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Contract period endDate is 2027-12-31T23:59:59Z.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceEngineer servicing work for a MAGNETOM Sola MRI system
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Tender description states: “Engineer works for the MAGNETOM Sola system MRI at St. Margaret's Hospital.”
Service classification
99% confidenceRepair and maintenance services of medical equipment (CPV 50421000)
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Award item classification is CPV 50421000.
Site
99% confidenceSt. Margaret's Hospital
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Tender description identifies St. Margaret's Hospital.
Lots
98% confidenceOne lot (lot 1)
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Tender contains lot 1 only; award 1 and contract 1 are linked to it.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect
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Tender procurementMethod is “direct”.
Competition approach
99% confidenceBelow threshold — without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states “Below threshold - without competition”.
Approval basis
98% confidenceSub-threshold waiver under the Trust's SFIs
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Tender description states that the requirement was approved via a sub-threshold waiver in line with the Trust's SFIs.
Threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false.
Bidder count and evaluation
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence9 October 2026 to 31 December 2027
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Contract 1 period records these start and end dates.
Term length
95% confidenceApproximately 14 months and 22 days
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Calculated from the explicit contract dates.
Extension or renewal options
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
Pricing structure and service levels
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
97% confidenceA direct, below-threshold maintenance-services award to one verified supplier
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The notice identifies a direct method without competition, one supplier, and CPV 50421000 maintenance services.
Contract scale
99% confidence£15,024 net for the stated contract period
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Contract 1 records a net value of £15,024 and runs from 9 October 2026 to 31 December 2027.
Award rationale
97% confidenceA sub-threshold waiver is stated; further rationale is not published
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The description cites approval under the Trust's SFIs but gives no further justification.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award-date availability
99% confidenceNo separate award date is published
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Award 1 has no award_date; the signed date, start date and publication date are separately reported.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or individual value
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The lot record supplies only ID and status; the contract-level value is linked to award 1 and lot 1.
Competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bidder count, evaluation scores, pricing breakdown or selection detail is provided.
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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Supplier verification reports an exact-name match to SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED, company number 09567186.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No separate award date is supplied.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bidder count, evaluation and award-scoring detail, detailed waiver rationale, pricing breakdown, service levels, extension provisions and renewal options.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustSIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITEDMRI servicingMAGNETOM SolaSt. Margaret's Hospitalmedical equipment maintenancedirect award
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the PAHT MRI servicing contract?
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED, verified under company number 09567186, is the supplier named for award 1.
What is the contract worth?
The published contract value is £15,024 excluding VAT and £18,028.80 including VAT.
When does the MRI servicing contract run?
It is signed from 8 October 2026 and runs from 9 October 2026 to 31 December 2027.
Was this competed?
No. The notice states that it was a below-threshold direct procurement without competition, approved through a sub-threshold waiver.
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