Contract

Insourcing of Clinical Support Services

  • The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-063619

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05ab61

Published 9 October 2025, 11:23am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Regent Point

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

NE7 7DN

Contact

Abby Marron

Email

abby.marron@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKC22 - Tyneside

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.newcastle-hospitals.nhs.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.newcastle-hospitals.nhs.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Health


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Insourcing of Clinical Support Services

Reference number

C258681

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Insourcing of Clinical Support Services

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £887,631.04

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Insourcing of Clinical Support Services - Monthly rolling
Heath Now is to provide an insourcing service to the Trust. The Trust has a requirement for extra echocardiography clinics to meet demand.
Health Now will provide echocardiographers to scan and report in RVI and Freeman Hospitals, as and when required, at £71 per scan

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services

Explanation:

Repetition of existing services called off from Framework

four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

11 March 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Health Now Limited

Chertsey

Telephone

+44 2033435971

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH37 - Essex Thames Gateway
National registration number

13335901

Internet address

https://www.healthnow.co.uk/

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £287,631.04

Total value of the contract/lot: £887,631.04


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Regent Point

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

NE7 7DN

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.newcastle-hospitals.nhs.uk