A new contract for an MRI scanner and facility upgrades under a national health plan highlights a broader shift towards combined equipment and infrastructure projects.
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A specialist hospital has launched a tender for a new MRI scanner and associated modernisation works under a national plan to strengthen the health protection system. The contract, published on 23rd December 2025 by Szpital Specjalistyczny Pro‑Familia Tomasz Łoziński Spółka Komandytowa, is part of a broader wave of imaging investments that pair high‑value equipment with building and service upgrades.
The Pro‑Familia contract covers the purchase and delivery of magnetic resonance imaging equipment, together with “necessary modernization work” tied to a national health plan. While the notice does not spell out the technical parameters of the scanner or the exact scope of works, it is clear that this is not a simple device replacement. The buyer wants suppliers to deliver an integrated package that improves both hardware and the physical environment in which it operates.
Framing the purchase as part of a plan to enhance the “health protection system” signals that the project is linked to wider public policy, not just a single hospital’s wish list. It suggests the MRI unit will support priority services or patient pathways identified at national level, whether in acute care, chronic disease management or screening.
The emphasis on modernisation also implies some level of refurbishment or adaptation of existing facilities. Across comparable projects, this often includes structural changes, shielding, cooling, power supply and workflow adjustments, though the Pro‑Familia notice itself does not provide that detail. What it does confirm is that construction or installation elements will be integral to delivery.
The December 2025 MRI procurement lands in the middle of a dense run of similar notices from hospital operators. In July 2025, Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Janusza Korczaka w Słupsku Sp. z o. o. launched a contract for the delivery, installation and commissioning of an MRI system for a new Magnetic Resonance Laboratory (Magnetic Resonance Imaging System).
In August 2025, Szpital Pomnik Chrztu Polski set out plans for the delivery and installation of MRI equipment with room adaptations at the Hospital Monument of the Baptism of Poland in Gniezno (MRI Equipment Delivery and Installation). A parallel notice from Powiat Gnieźnieński in September 2025 sought delivery and installation of an MRI system, again with room adaptation and all necessary equipment and services for the same hospital (MRI System Delivery and Installation).
By October 2025, Samodzielny Publiczny ZOZ Wojewódzki Szpital Zespolony im. Jędrzeja Śniadeckiego w Białymstoku had joined the trend, procuring the purchase, delivery, assembly and commissioning of an MRI system, including room adaptation and staff training (MRI System Delivery and Setup).
Towards the end of the year, Szpital Miejski w Gliwicach Sp. z o. o. published a November 2025 notice for delivery, installation and training for new MRI equipment, stressing compliance with medical device regulations and allowing “equivalent” solutions, which opens competition between brands (Medical Imaging Equipment). On 1st December 2025, Szpital Specjalistyczny im. A. Falkiewicza we Wrocławiu followed with a combined package for a 1.5 Tesla MRI machine and an X‑ray apparatus, room adaptation, staff training and relocation of existing equipment (MRI and X-ray Equipment Delivery).
Taken together, these notices show a consistent pattern. Hospitals are not only buying MRI scanners; they are also commissioning installation, commissioning and physical reconfiguration of clinical space as a single procurement package. The Pro‑Familia project sits squarely in this pattern, combining advanced imaging hardware with the construction and fit‑out needed to use it safely and efficiently.
Several MRI projects are going further, using modular or container‑based facilities to expand diagnostic capacity. In August 2025, Wielkopolskie Centrum Pulmonologii i Torakochirurgii im. Eugenii i Janusza Zeylandów issued a contract for delivery, installation and commissioning of MRI equipment, training of personnel, and the creation of a modular laboratory linked to an existing hospital building, along with necessary land development works (MRI Delivery and Laboratory Setup).
In November 2025, COPERNICUS Podmiot Leczniczy Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością specified the delivery of an MRI system alongside construction of a modular building in prefabricated technology to house it, with clear quality and legal compliance requirements (MRI System and Modular Building). And on 12th November 2025, Specjalistyczny Psychiatryczny Zespół Opieki Zdrowotnej w Łodzi went to market for the purchase of an MRI and the establishment of an MRI laboratory in a container format, aimed at enhancing diagnostic and treatment programmes for mental disorders, funded by the European Social Fund Plus (MRI Purchase and Lab Setup).
Szpital im. Ryszarda Rzepki w Sulechowie Sp. z o. o. is also reshaping its imaging footprint. Its October 2025 procurement covers the creation of a Magnetic Resonance Laboratory and replacement of a mammograph, including the necessary construction, installation and training services (Magnetic Resonance Laboratory Creation).
The spread of modular buildings, container labs and linked land development works shows that many buyers are securing fully formed imaging units, not just devices to slot into existing rooms. That contrasts with the more straightforward room adaptations seen in some projects, and underscores how MRI investment is often tied to difficult site conditions or service expansion plans.
Not every hospital is buying a completely new scanner. Modernisation of existing assets is another strong theme. On 7th November 2025, Wojewódzkie Wielospecjalistyczne Centrum Onkologii i Traumatologii im. M. Kopernika w Łodzi issued a notice for modernisation of a 1.5 T MRI device, together with construction and installation works at its Radiology Department, funded through a national project and the authority’s own resources (Modernization of MRI Device).
Megrez Sp. z o. o. followed on 16th December 2025 with a contract dedicated to modernising its Philips Ingenia 1.5 T MRI as part of a health care system improvement initiative (MRI Modernization Project). In Chojnice, a 15th December 2025 notice from Szpital Specjalistyczny im. J. K. Łukowicza concerns the modernisation and equipping of a magnetic resonance laboratory as part of a project to enhance oncology services, including construction work and installation of equipment (Magnetic Resonance Laboratory Upgrade).
These projects anchor MRI upgrades to specific clinical priorities: oncology, system‑wide improvement programmes, or mental health in the case of the psychiatric facility in Łódź. The Pro‑Familia contract, explicitly linked to a national plan to strengthen the health protection system, fits the same pattern of MRI being treated as strategic infrastructure rather than an isolated piece of equipment.
Across many of these notices, buyers insist on staff training, regulatory compliance and, in some cases, wider social objectives. The Białystok, pulmonology centre, Sulechów and Wrocław projects all bundle in training for personnel as part of the supplier’s scope. Gliwice’s November 2025 notice stresses compliance with medical device regulations and explicitly allows “equivalent solutions”, keeping competition open while ensuring the delivered system meets legal and clinical standards.
Environmental and equality considerations are also surfacing. Specjalistyczny Szpital im. E. Szczeklika w Tarnowie, in a 30th December 2025 procurement for supply and installation of an MRI system, adaptation of the MRI laboratory and training, makes clear that the project must comply with environmental and equality principles (Supply of MRI System and Laboratory Adaptation).
Beyond imaging, similar dynamics appear in cardiology. Wojewódzki Szpital Zespolony im. dr. Romana Ostrzyckiego w Koninie has gone to market for construction and equipment procurement to improve cardiological services, with requirements to meet defined standards and to account for ongoing medical activities during the works (Hospital Infrastructure Modernization). The same blend of construction, equipment and service continuity concerns characterises the MRI projects.
One tender from outside this group, issued by Ľubovnianska nemocnica, n. o. on 10th October 2025, underscores the shift to integrated solutions. It calls for purchase of new, unused digital MRI equipment on a turnkey basis, with detailed minimum requirements set out in accompanying documents (MRI Equipment Procurement). That focus on digital, turnkey delivery mirrors the way many hospitals are combining devices, construction and commissioning into single, outcome‑oriented contracts.
The Pro‑Familia MRI procurement, rooted in a national health‑protection plan, adds another piece to a growing mosaic of imaging investments that stretch from new modular labs and container units to modernised oncology scanners and cardiology‑focused infrastructure upgrades.
The notices available so far concentrate on hardware, buildings and training. They are largely silent on how MRI data will be integrated with wider clinical systems, or whether additional software and networking contracts will follow. Future procurements may shed light on how these new and upgraded scanners will be embedded into day‑to‑day diagnostic workflows.
For now, suppliers and policymakers can read the Pro‑Familia contract and its peers as clear signals: MRI capacity, and the spaces and staff that support it, are rising priorities within national and regional health investment programmes.
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