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West Northamptonshire Council

Radiology Reporting

HealthcareCPV 85111800
Value£480k
Deadline21 Sept 2026
Published27 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 27 Aug 202624 days leftCloses 21 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Tina Sanders
procurement@westnorthants.gov.uk
03001267000

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

All responses and required ITT documents must be received by the stated time and date on this portal. Please submit via https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wnc/aspx/Home

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£480ktotal 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.

When this comes round again

West Northamptonshire Council publishes Health & Social Care work continuously — 81 notices, roughly one every 9 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

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The brief

Post-Mortem Computed Tomography (PMCT) Radiology Reporting Please refer to Schedule 1 - Service Specification PMCT Reporting Northamptonshire V08 for further details.

Please read and follow the information and guidance supplied below and within the Tender documents, this will help with your tender submission.

Word count limits apply, any information going over will not be considered.

Respond to ALL questions.

Additional documents or information not required will be disregarded.

Please note timeline with regards to questions and submission dates.

All communications, correspondences and clarifications must be sent via the In-tend portal.

Do not contact the Service area for information, please use the correspondence facility Regularly view the Clarification tab for updates or responses to questions received by bidders.

Questions asked together with the response, will be made available to all bidders (if not Private and Confidential), this to ensure a fair and consistent approach to all.

Avoid uploading your return just prior to closing deadline as you may incur IT issues and we will not accept Tender Returns via e-mail.

The Council will provide as much support and information as it can to help guide you through the Tender process.

If there is anything you are not sure of or need clarification on, please contact the Procurement lead using the correspondence facility within the In-tend electronic tendering system.

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This will cease any system-generated communications.

You will be able to opt back in at any point.

Contract Term: 2 years (+1 year optional) Contract Start: 26th October 2026

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Questions asked together with the response,

Questions asked together with the response, will be made available to all bidders (if not Private and Confidential), this to ensure a fair and consistent approach to all.

02

The Council will provide as much support

The Council will provide as much support and information as it can to help guide you through the Tender process.

03

To inform us of your decision

To inform us of your decision to participate and to be able to submit a tender you will be required to Opt In.

04

You will be able to provide

You will be able to provide a reason as to your decision if you wish.

05

You will be able to opt back

You will be able to opt back in at any point.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

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-06ed2d
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
081595-2026
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