Official UK procurement notice
Tier 2 Weight Management Services
Authority: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe procurement relates to the provision of a Tier 2 Adult Weight Management Service for residents of Sandwell. The service will deliver a structured 12-week behavioural weight management programme aimed at supporting adults with overweight or obesity to achieve sustainable weight loss and improved health outcomes. The programme will include nutritional education, physical activity as a core component to the programme by including access to leisure centres, a minimum of level 3 training /level 4 personal trainer for safe exercise with diabetes and obesity, behaviour change support, and regular monitoring of participant progress, including weight, waist circumference and lifestyle changes.
The service will be delivered through leisure centres and will consist of group sessions supported by trained personal trainer coaches, with the option for individual support where appropriate. The programme will be delivered to cohorts of eligible residents referred through agreed referral pathways, including primary care, public health services, and self-referral where appropriate.
The provider will be required to deliver the programme in line with national guidance, including NICE guidance on overweight and obesity management, and to collect and report agreed performance and outcome data, including programme completion rates, engagement levels and against three significant outcomes of waist circumference, reduction in body fat percentage or 5% weight loss outcomes.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Mar 2026, 14:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 Jul 2026, 10:13 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-072032- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066663Find a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Mar 2026- Contract award notice published10 Mar 2026, 14:15 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published30 Jul 2026, 10:13 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandwell Leisure Trust - Trading as KORE SandwellSME +1 morejoint awardTier 2 Weight Management Service1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2028Extensions: Initial Term of 1 year with an option to extend for up to a further 12 months (1 year +1 year) | £200,805 | 10 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
| Places Leisure (operated by Places for People Leisure Limited)VCSETier 2 Weight Management Service1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2028Extensions: Initial term of 12 months with an option to extend for up to a further 12 month period (1 year + 1 year) | £78,650 | 10 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Tier 2 Weight Management · Sandwell Leisure Trust - Trading as KORE SandwellSME +1 more
- Signed
- 19 Apr 2026
- Value
- £182,750
- Period
- 19 Apr 2026 – 18 Apr 2027 · up to 18 Apr 2028 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1 Year with an option to extend for a further 12 months.
1 agreed KPI: Due to the value of the contract, KPI publication is not required under the Procurement Act 2023, although KPIs are included for internal contract management purposes.
- Due to the value of the contract, KPI publication is not required under the Procurement Act 2023, although KPIs are included for internal contract management purposes.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice- Places Leisure (operated by Places for People Leisure Limited)Awarded supplier
- SANDWELL LEISURE TRUST trading as KORE SANDWELLAwarded supplier
- Sandwell Leisure Trust - Trading as KORE SandwellAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender