1.5 Tesla MRI system

Summary

The tender concerns a 1.5 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging system for University Hospital Essen together with an eight-year full-service maintenance contract. The supplier must provide the complete solution, including delivery, bringing the equipment into the hospital, installation, commissioning, staff training, technical and safety acceptance, and all required accessories. The system must meet extensive technical and clinical requirements, including EN 60601-2-33, at least 48 receive channels, gradient strength of at least 76 mT/m, a slew rate of at least 346 T/m/s, a patient aperture of at least 70 cm, DICOM 3.0 connectivity and real-time reconstruction of at least 10,000 images per second. The bid must include model, manufacturer, supplier, production site, technical specifications, coil, software, service and pricing information. The submission deadline is 25 September 2026. The bidder must confirm the absence of exclusion grounds, compliance with tax and social-security obligations, compliance with minimum-wage rules and compliance with sanctions requirements. The machine-readable notice did not specify separate turnover, previous-project or staffing qualification requirements; any additional conditions must be checked in the tender documents.