How to win: PACS Solution for New CT Post-Mortem Service

About this contract

West Northamptonshire Council is inviting quotations for the provision, implementation, support and maintenance of a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) to support a new CT post-mortem imaging service at our newly built County Mortuary. Information relating to the quotation and associated timescales are contained within the Request for Quotation attached. The service will utilise a Siemens SOMATOM go.Up CT Scanner and requires a PACS solution capable of meeting the attached functional and non-functional requirements. Suppliers are requested to complete the response section of the attached requirements spreadsheet and provide all requested supporting information. Please also send a draft copy of your standard contract terms and conditions ahead of or as part of your response. Background The PACS will support a newly established CT post-mortem imaging service. As this is a new implementation, there is no legacy PACS system and no requirement for data migration. Our priority is to establish the service as quickly as possible whilst ensuring compliance with the operational, security, retention and interoperability requirements detailed in the attached specification.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — West Northamptonshire Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £85,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 11 September 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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