AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust published a Provider Selection Regime notice concerning continuation of staffed mobile CT services. INHEALTH GROUP LIMITED is the identified provider. However, the notice narrative describes an intention to award subject to a standstill period, while embedded structured records show an active award and contract with a signature date; the published lot is also marked cancelled. The contract’s final/concluded status cannot be determined safely from the supplied data.
Published outcomeIdentified provider: INHEALTH GROUP LIMITED. Proposed arrangement: direct award of continued staffed mobile CT services, with an approximate lifetime value of £2,119,220 excluding VAT and fuel costs.
Market significanceThis is a continuity arrangement for diagnostic imaging services under Direct Award Process C, rather than an openly competed opportunity. The notice states that no material change is proposed to scope, patients, locations, operating model or clinical outputs.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
INHEALTH GROUP LIMITED
91% confidenceAward 099586-2026-C373116-PSR-DA-C-2026-1 · Lots 1 · Shared/proposed contract value: £2,119,220 excluding VAT and fuel costs; not separately allocated by supplier or lot GBP · Identified provider; final award/concluded-contract status is unclear
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Award record names InHealth Group Ltd.; supplier verification matches company number 04620480 to INHEALTH GROUP LIMITED. Notice narrative says the Trust intends to award to the existing provider, while structured award status is active.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice
99% confidence21 October 2026
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Notice published_at and release history: 2026-10-21T15:07:59+01:00.
Notice narrative status
98% confidenceIntention to award; standstill stated to expire on 2 November 2026
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Tender description calls this a “PSR intention to award notice”; review details say representations may be made before a final contract award decision and standstill expires at the end of 2 November 2026.
Structured award and contract status
85% confidenceActive, but inconsistent with the intention-to-award narrative
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Embedded award and contract records are both status “active”; contract record contains dateSigned 2026-10-21.
Lot status
99% confidenceCancelled
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Embedded tender lot 1 status is “cancelled”.
VALUES
Published values explained
Approximate lifetime value stated in notice
98% confidence£2,119,220 excluding VAT and fuel costs
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Lot and procurement-method rationale state the proposed contract value is approximately £2,119,220 excluding VAT and fuel costs.
Embedded contract value
92% confidence£2,119,220 GBP
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Embedded contract value is amount 2119220, currency GBP; this record does not state whether fuel costs are excluded.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Intended service period
98% confidence3 November 2026 to 2 November 2028
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Lot description states the intended contract period.
Standstill end
98% confidence2 November 2026
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Review details state that the standstill period expires at the end of 2 November 2026.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service
99% confidenceStaffed mobile CT service
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Title and tender description.
Included elements
98% confidenceMobile CT facilities, associated staffing, generator provision and support services for diagnostic imaging
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Lot description.
Delivery area
98% confidenceEast Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust sites within East Kent, England
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Delivery location in tender items.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 85150000 — Medical imaging services
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Tender classification.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceDirect Award Process C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023
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Tender description and procurement-method rationale.
Competition
99% confidenceNo call for competition published
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Procurement method details say “Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition”; rationale says publication of a call for competition is not required.
Stated basis for direct award
97% confidenceContinuation of an existing service; provider stated to be delivering satisfactorily and capable of continuing
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Procurement-method rationale and lot description.
Evaluation information
87% confidenceQuality criterion stated as 100; price stated as 0
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Lot award criteria lists quality description “100” and price description “0”. No scoring record or methodology is supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Extension options
99% confidenceNone stated
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Lot description says there are no options to extend.
Change to current service
97% confidenceNo material change stated
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Lot description and rationale state no material change to scope, patient cohort, locations, operating model, staffing model or clinical outputs.
Contract conclusion
99% confidenceUnknown from the supplied evidence
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Narrative says final award decision follows the standstill, whereas embedded contract data gives active status and a dateSigned field; lot status is cancelled.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Continuity and cost statement
94% confidenceThe buyer states the proposed arrangement reduces cost while maintaining continuity, but no prior price, saving amount or pricing breakdown is published.
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Procurement-method rationale says the arrangement represents a reduction in cost; no comparative figures are supplied.
Value allocation
96% confidenceThe notice provides one overall proposed value and no separate lot or supplier allocation.
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One supplier and one lot are identified, but only an overall proposed contract value is stated.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Lifecycle conflict
99% confidenceThe narrative is an intention-to-award notice subject to standstill, but embedded records show an active award and contract with a dateSigned field; the sole lot is marked cancelled.
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Tender description, review details, award/contract records, and lot status.
Published information gap
97% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: final award decision date, unambiguous contract execution evidence, bid count, detailed evaluation record, pricing breakdown and prior-contract comparator.
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No such fields or documents are supplied.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source contains unresolved lifecycle contradictions: an intention-to-award narrative and standstill process, an active structured award/contract with dateSigned, and a cancelled lot.
- The notice does not publish a final award decision date or unambiguous evidence that a final contract was concluded after standstill.
- No bidder numbers, bid responses, detailed scoring, pricing breakdown, previous contract value, or quantified saving are supplied.
- The intended dates and value are described as proposed/approximate in the notice and should not be treated as confirmation of active service delivery.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustINHEALTH GROUP LIMITEDstaffed mobile CT servicesmobile CTProvider Selection RegimeDirect Award Process Cmedical imaging services
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is the identified provider?
INHEALTH GROUP LIMITED, verified against company number 04620480.
What is the stated value?
Approximately £2,119,220 excluding VAT and fuel costs.
Is the contract definitely concluded?
No. The narrative describes an intention to award subject to standstill, while structured records show an active contract and signature date, and the lot is marked cancelled.
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