Medical Physics Support Service
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05e12f
Description
This contract covers the provision of specialist medical physics services to support the Wiltshire service which includes expert advice, testing, and quality assurance for wide range of modalities: CT, MRI, Ultrasound, plain film (outpatients, GP, ED), mobile X-ray, Fluoroscopy, Cardiac catheter labs, Gamma Camera, DEXA, the Breast Centre, and plain film units at two community sites.
The medical physics service will be available to provide advice on:
• Implications for optimisation (radiation dose and image quality) of any planned or unplanned changes in practice.
• Practice and results of routine user QC of equipment performance.
• Breakdowns and emerging concerns about the performance of the equipment.
• Compliance with radiation regulations as part of an annual audit and on an on-going basis as necessary.
Test instruments service conditions includes the following;
• The medical physics service must have sufficient test instruments available to carry out the tests covered by this agreement.
• It must have sufficient sets of test instruments to enable emergency investigation of a suspected fault or incident.
• Calibration of test instruments must meet the national guidance and standards.
• Coordination, liaison and representation service conditions include:
• The medical physics service will participate in any surveys and evaluations requested by Public Health England (PHE) or screening quality assurance service.
Notices
UK6: Contract award notice
- Notice identifier
- 2025/S 000-079547
- Published
- 4 December 2025, 8:13am
UK5: Transparency notice
- Notice identifier
- 2025/S 000-073870
- Published
- 14 November 2025, 11:03am