Published date: 18 December 2025

Last edited date: 19 December 2025

Open early engagement - This means that a procurement idea is currently active, it is in the early stage of development and judging interest from potential suppliers.


Closing date: 7 January 2026

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Procurement reference

AHSN001-DN670401-24684018

Published date

18 December 2025

Closing date

7 January 2026

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The purpose of this Notice is to invite market operators to a Market Engagement Event for the potential future exercise to procure services supporting the development of an innovative obesity pathway in North East and North Cumbria on Thursday 8th January at 10:45 via Teams

Integrated Care Board (NENC ICB) is developing a new, community-first obesity pathway as part of the Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP). The pathway will support adults with obesity who are waiting lists or at risk of economic activity due to obesity and related long-term conditions.
To enable this at scale, NENC ICB is exploring options to procure a digital partner to provide an integrated platform that will act as the digital "spine" for the pathway. The intended service is expected to support the following:
1. Identification and invitation of eligible patients (for example via population-health tools and waiting-list data)
2. Digital referral, consent and triage
3. Patient-facing tools for self-assessment, remote monitoring and behavioural support (including AI meal planning)
4. Role based portals for community pharmacies, specialist teams and programme staff.
The platform will need to integrate with existing NHS systems (for example NHS App, GP clinical systems and provider electronic patient records), support high standards of clinical safety, information governance and cybersecurity, and generate data and dashboards required for independent evaluation of outcomes, equity and value for money.
This Market Engagement Event is intended to help NENC ICB understand the capabilities, innovations and constraints within the digital health market, and to test our emerging requirements and delivery approach. Feedback from suppliers will be used to refine any future specification and procurement strategy for these services.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Invitation to Attend a Market Engagement Event On 8th January 2026 at 10:45 - Digital Platform provision for North East North Cumbria Community OPIP

  • Early engagement
  • Published 18 December 2025

Links

Additional text

To attend this event please register on Eventbrite using this link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/market-engagement-event-innovative-obesity-pathway-nenc-tickets-1978132080302?aff=oddtdtcreator
This notice is for information and engaging with the supply market only. It is not a binding statement of intent or call for competition. HI NENC reserves the right not to enter a formal process and not award a contract. The information contained in this notice, including information relating to the nature and scope of the requirements, the service classification of this requirement from the list of CPV codes, is only indicative of the HI NENC's current thinking and is neither exhaustive nor binding. HI NENC reserves the right at its absolute discretion to amend it at the time of issue of any further notices or at any other time.
HI NENC will not be liable for any bid cost, expenditure, work or effort incurred by a potential supplier in acting on the basis of this Market Engagement Event

How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

About the buyer

Address

Suite A, 2nd Floor, 1 Citygate
Gallowgate
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE1 4DL
England

Email

BusinessDevelopment@healthinnovationnenc.org.uk