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ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

Echocardiography Insourcing

HealthcareCPV 85111000
Value£400k
Deadline18 Aug 2026
Published4 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 4 Aug 202613 days leftCloses 18 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Kevin Wright
kevin.wright13@nhs.net
+44 7341134008

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How to submit
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Contract value in context
£400ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Provision of BSE accredited Echocardiographers to deliver outpatient adult cardiac transthoracic echocardiograms, to include:- a full TTE study, performed to BSE current standards using Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT) GE Echo machines at RCHT sites, including the Bodmin and West Cornwall Hospital Community Diagnostic Centres, and other agreed locations. - The uploading of the report to the appropriate patient EPR (currently Maxims) and the distribution of the report to the appropriate clinicians (referrer and GP).

Provision of BSE accredited Echocardiographers to work at RCHT (Truro) and undertake inpatient Adult Cardiac Transthoracic Echocardiograms using RCHT GE echo machines and reporting on RCHT reporting system.

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice.

The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (PSR) Regulations 2023.

For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Procurement Act do not apply to this award.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
  • Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
  • Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06db85
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
073800-2026
View the original notice on Find a Tender

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