Published date: 19 May 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 26 June 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • CT scanners - 33115100

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£1 to £650,000

Procurement reference

NPLMGMT001-DN264654-43081820

Published date

19 May 2017

Closing date

26 June 2017

Contract start date

28 July 2017

Contract end date

28 July 2022

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The acquisition of a clinical SPECT/CT camera is an important part of the expansion of NPL's core function as a provider of primary and secondary standards of radioactivity, to develop clinical quantitative nuclear medicine imaging (QI) with direct traceability to NPL standards. This unique facility will be the only SPECT/CT scanner in the world directly calibrated against primary standards of radioactivity, providing world-leading nuclear medicine imaging standards and research capability. The system will also support the key role NPL currently has in delivering a step change in the accuracy of dosimetry calculations for Molecular Radiotherapy (MRT), allowing better patient prognosis through a more optimised or patient-specific healthcare-therapy service.

In conjunction with the Medical Physics Metrology Institute at NPL (MEMPHYS) the new SPECT/CT facility will serve as a hub for clinical, academic and commercial partnerships. It is envisaged that the NPL SPECT/CT camera will become a new secondary standard for QI which can be translated to new and existing clinical SPECT systems to provide traceability for QI.

About the buyer

Contact name

Phil Scott

Address

National Physical Laboratory
Hampton Road
Teddington
TW11 0LW
England

Telephone

+44 2089436483

Email

phil.scott@npl.co.uk

Website

http://www.npl.co.uk