NHS Low Calorie Diet Programme

CPV: Community health services · Counselling services · Dietetic products · Education and training services · Guidance services · Health services · Miscellaneous health services · Other community, social and personal services · Provision of services to the community · Wellness services

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Procurement category

Services

Notice status

Past planning notice

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Stand-alone contract (no framework)

Competition type

Competitive procedure

GPA / WTO covered

Unspecified in notice

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

20 Sept 2022, 14:29 BST

Last source update

21 Sept 2022, 10:47 BST

Authority reference

C78909

FTS notice number

2022/S 000-026325

Classification (CPV)

Community health servicesCounselling servicesDietetic productsEducation and training servicesGuidance servicesHealth servicesMiscellaneous health servicesOther community, social and personal servicesProvision of services to the communityWellness services

Delivery area

UK

Official registry OCID

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Publisher note: Over the last 2 years, NHS England has been testing real-world implementation models for delivering a Total Diet Replacement (TDR) based intervention to people with type 2 diabetes. NHS England has to date commissioned this service in 21 Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) and is now preparing to expand the programme further, to achieve full national coverage in 2023/24.<br/><br/>More information about the NHS Low Calorie Diet Programme can be found here.<br/><br/>Purpose of this document<br/>This document aims to provide an update on plans to carry out a procurement process to invite bids to join a new national framework of Low Calorie Diet Programme providers. Details included here are provided to support potential providers to plan for the bidding period once the Invitation to Tender is published. All details described at this stage remain subject to change – information in the Invitation to Tender will take precedence over the information in this document.<br/><br/>Delivery channels and providing choice<br/>The currently planned approach will require providers to offer a choice of delivery channels to eligible individuals choosing to join the programme. Individuals will have the right to choose to receive the support digitally or in-person through a one-to-one face to face model.<br/><br/>a. Digital: Contact between the provider and the participant would be via digital technology, through mediums such as online messaging, video calling, telephone conversations or using smart phone app. The digital provision must accommodate different levels of user capability to enable participants of varying levels of competency to access the intervention.<br/><br/>b. One to one (in person): Predominantly in-person one to one support package for the duration of the intervention.<br/><br/>Providers will be required to offer the programme in both formats, with an individual’s choice of delivery model dependent on their preference. There must be a process in place to allow individuals to have a free and open choice of either delivery channel.<br/><br/>Payment model<br/>NHS England plans to adopt a standardised payment profile for all providers, in line with the payment approach used during the pilot period. This aims to provide an incentive to enroll and retain more individuals on programmes.<br/>The following table sets out the planned payment profile:<br/><br/>Percentage of the relevant price per individual which is paid once an individual reaches these milestones<br/><br/>Milestone 1 (assessment, attendance at first intervention session and commenced TDR) -30%<br/>Milestone 2 (completion of 12 weeks of TDR) - 30%<br/>Milestone 3 (completion of the whole programme) - 30%<br/>Milestone 4 (outcome based – at least 10% weight loss at 12 months) - 10%<br/><br/>Next steps<br/>Subject to internal approvals, it is anticipated that a Contract Notice and the Invitation to Tender will be published in September/October 2022 with call-off contracts awarded pursuant to mini-competitions before the end of May 2023.<br/><br/>NHS England is not inviting questions in response to this document. Once the Invitation to Tender has been published, there will be a period in which bidders are able to submit clarification questions.

Submission deadline

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