Weight Management Services - Obesity

Published date: 28 September 2020

This notice was replaced on 10 February 2021

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 10 February 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

LS2 7UE

Value of contract

£20,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_245206/888165

Published date

28 September 2020

Closing date

26 October 2020

Closing time

9:30am

Contract start date

18 January 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS England and Improvement intends to procure weight management services delivered through a Digital Weight Management Innovation Platform, to:
1) offer those with obesity plus diabetes and/or hypertension access to digital weight management services, to prevent the onset of health complications. Specific support will be available for men, BAME and more deprived communities; and
2) develop the evidence base around the effectiveness of digital weight management services, to inform long term commissioning decisions.
The Platform will involve three intervention levels. Those at higher risk of not completing the programme will be triaged to a level 2/3 intervention.
Level 1 - access to digital content;
Level 2 - access to digital content, plus access to a minimum of 50 minutes of human coaching; and
Level 3 - access to digital content, plus access to a minimum of 100 minutes of human coaching, and additional features such as supported on-boarding.
Contracts will run until 31 March 2024. NHS England reserves the right to increase the volumes of people accessing the Platform per annum.

Any organisation interested in providing the Services can find further details within the Invitation to Tender documentation on NHS England's E-Sourcing portal: https://nhsengland.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html.
The Contract Value detailed in this Notice is the total estimated value of levels 1-3.

About the buyer

Address

Quarry House, Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS1 7UE
England

Email

natlie.hailwood@nhs.net