NIGP 89847: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Systems and Accessories (Mri)

NIGP 89847 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Systems and Accessories (MRI), an Item code, covers the procurement of mobile diagnostic imaging equipment and associated clinical services by state and local healthcare and correctional authorities. State and local governments buy under this code to acquire self-contained MRI and complementary imaging units—typically 1.5T or higher field-strength systems—complete with operator staffing, interpretation services, daily calibration and quality control, and turnaround commitments measured in hours to days for diagnostic reporting. The issuing bodies soliciting under the code span state health departments and state correctional systems; in this market, healthcare-mission agencies and detention authorities work through RFPs to secure mobile imaging capacity, often bundling equipment provision with credentialed technologist and radiologist services as an integrated clinical operation.

The Utah Department of Health and Human Services posted DHHS26117 on July 9, 2026, requesting proposals for mobile MRI and CT diagnostic imaging services at Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake County, with a due date of July 31, 2026. The scope requires a self-contained minimum 1.5T MRI unit and 64-slice CT unit, both fully licensed and registered for medical operation in Utah, with staffing of at least one ARRT-certified, Utah-licensed technologist per unit and a Board-Certified Radiologist; preliminary findings for STAT examinations must be provided within four hours of scan completion, and final signed reports within 24 to 48 hours via HIPAA-compliant electronic delivery. The contract term is five years. The evaluation framework allocates 70 percent of scoring to technical criteria—including offeror qualifications and prior MRI/CT experience, radiologist interpretation capability, equipment certification, experience providing mobile imaging in the Wasatch Front geographic area, and compliance with a maximum 30-day order-to-test-result turnaround—and 30 percent to cost, with a minimum technical threshold of 600 points required for proposal advancement.