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Agreement for the Supply of Medical Physics Quality Assurance and Expert Services to Somerset Breast Screening, Taunton Breast care Centre and Breast Unit, Yeovil District Hospital.

ValueValue not published
Awarded
Published19 Dec 2025
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
Hollie Caddy
servicesteam.procurement@somersetft.nhs.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The brief

Agreement for the Supply of Medical Physics Quality Assurance and Expert Services to Somerset Breast Screening, Taunton Breast care Centre and Breast Unit, Yeovil District Hospital.

The Services of a Medical Physics Expert as required under Regulation 14 of the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IRMER2017).

Including: - Advice and support on the optimisation of dose and image quality in line with relevant NHSBSP and other professional guidance. - Advice on equipment purchase and procurement. - Performance testing of mammographic X-ray systems as required by Regulation 15 of the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IRMER2017), and in compliance with recommended IPEM and NHSBSP Standards. - Provision of an annual dose survey - data extraction, analysis and report.

Submission of data for regional and national reports, when requested. - Calculation of patient doses for radiation incidents. - Presence at visits by CQC, as required. - Support for radiographer routine quality control. - Provision and maintenance of spreadsheets for the recording and review of radiographer routine quality control measurements. - Regular monitoring of routine quality control measurements, comparing with national standards and regional data, where available. - Performance measurements and support for the QA of breast ultrasound equipment as recommended in NHSBSP Standards. - Performance measurements of primary reporting monitors as recommended in NHSBSP Standards.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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Agreement for the Supply of Medical Physics

Agreement for the Supply of Medical Physics Quality Assurance and Expert Services to Somerset Breast Screening, Taunton Breast care Centre and Breast Unit, Yeovil District Hospital.

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Advice and support on the optimisation

Advice and support on the optimisation of dose and image quality in line with relevant NHSBSP and other professional guidance.

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Support for radiographer routine quality control

Support for radiographer routine quality control.

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Performance measurements and support for the QA

Performance measurements and support for the QA of breast ultrasound equipment as recommended in NHSBSP Standards.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fa10
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
084769-2025
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