Teleradiology Reporting Services
COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · North East · up to £9,000,000
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What the buyer wants
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a single supplier to provide 24/7 Teleradiology Reporting Services including MRI, CT, Plain Film, and Nuclear Medicine, with some specialist radiologist reporting. The contract includes urgent, emergency, and elective reporting with no fixed volume commitment. The supplier must meet turnaround times and adapt to fluctuating demand. Evaluation criteria include quality, innovation, access, integration, price, and social value.
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT) are seeking to appoint a single supplier to provide Teleradiology Reporting Services. The Trust operates across two large acute sites and several non-acute sites, serving the population of County Durham and Darlington.
At County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, our vision is to deliver care which is right first time, every time. We are guided by our core values of respect and dignity, compassion, quality care, improving lives, everyone counts and working together for patients.
By placing people and communities at the heart of all that we do, we strive to create a supportive and inclusive environment for both patients and our workforce, ensuring that every individual receives safe, compassionate and joined-up care.
Reporting requirements will include but are not limited to: MRI, CT, Plain Film, Nuclear Medicine, with limited reporting requiring Specialist Radiologists.
The Trust are seeking a supplier who is able to provide reporting services twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week for Urgent and Emergency Radiology Reporting, as well as provide Elective Reporting. There is no volume commitment as part of this contract and the demand from the Trust may vary overtime dependent on in house reporting capacity. However, the supplier would hold an exclusive contract for the out of hours provision to maintain continuity on the basis that the supplier can meet the turnaround time outlined by the Trust. However, for all other reporting, the Trust will be able to use alternative suppliers if desired. As demand fluctuates, the supplier must be able to adapt to high and low demands for reporting services.
Bidding suppliers will be evaluated in line with the below Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Key Criteria regulated scoring:
1: Quality and Innovation: 20%
2: Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice: 15%
3: Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability: 15%
4: Value - Price: 40%
5: Social Value: 10%
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Services required
- Teleradiology Reporting Services
What you will need to show
- Provide 24/7 urgent and emergency radiology reporting — Supplier must be able to provide radiology reporting services around the clock for urgent and emergency cases.
- Provide elective radiology reporting — Supplier must provide elective radiology reporting services as required by the Trust.
- Meet turnaround times for out of hours reporting — Supplier must meet the turnaround times outlined by the Trust for out of hours reporting to maintain continuity.
- Adapt to fluctuating demand for reporting services — Supplier must be able to adjust capacity to meet varying demand levels for reporting services over time.
- Demonstrate quality and innovation — Supplier must respond to evaluation criteria related to quality and innovation in service delivery.
- Demonstrate improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice — Supplier must address how they will improve access, reduce health inequalities, and facilitate patient choice.
- Demonstrate integration, collaboration and service sustainability — Supplier must show how they will integrate, collaborate and sustain the service.
- Provide value for money and competitive pricing — Supplier must offer competitive pricing and value for money as part of the evaluation.
- Provide social value — Supplier must demonstrate social value contributions as part of their bid.
Lots
- Lot 1 (up to £9,000,000)
How bids are scored
50% quality, 40% price, as stated in the notice.
Key facts
- Buyer: COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Estimated value: up to £9,000,000
- Deadline: 16 November 2026
- Location: North East
- Published on: Find a Tender
- First seen by Tenderoo: 7 October 2026
- CPV: 85148000
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