Official UK procurement notice
Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Service for NHS MSE ICB (Contract Award)
Authority: NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using the competitive process.
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (herein referred to as 'the Authority') is publishing this Corrigendum Notice to the Contract Award Notice published on the 02nd December 2024 to communicate the confirmation of award of this Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Services (the Service) to the Preferred Bidder as a result of a Competitive Process undertaken in line with the Provider Selection Regime (PSR), Second Nature Healthy Habits Ltd.
The decision to award this procurement has been taken by the following approval committees by NHS Mid and South Essex ICB, Working and Decision-Making Group 29th November 2024. There were no conflicts of interest identified among the procurement project group members approving the award of the procurement.
The contract term is from 01st April 2025 - 31st March 2028, with the option to extend for a maximum of 24 months. The aggregate value of the contract (including extensions) as advertised in the Find a Tender Service (FTS) is £7,487,715.00. The aggregate value of the contract (excluding extensions) is £4,522,373.00 Sterling.
The service that this notice relates is within scope of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The Authority is bound only by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This is an Intention to Award Notice and is issued in accordance with the Health Care…AwardedPublished value£7,487,715
This is an Intention to Award Notice and is issued in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 under the competitive process. This notice is issued by NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (herein the Authority) and relates to the Invitation to Tender (Competitive Process) issued by the Authority for the provision of Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Services (the Services) in Mid and South Essex. The contract award criteria to which this intention to award decision relates was specified in the procurement documentation and Competitive Process Overview (CPO).
Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Service:
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board, established in July 2022, provides health and care to 1.2 million residents across the region. The Authority’s geographical footprint covers Mid Essex, Basildon and Brentwood, South East Essex, and Thurrock.
Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Service will be available to eligible patients who are registered with a GP practice within Mid and South Essex or, if unregistered, residing in Mid and South Essex. The service will be for residents aged 18 and over.
The service will include dietetic and physical activity interventions, psychological support and medication, where appropriate. The service will be delivered both digitally and face to face, both 1-2-1 and in groups. The Tier 4 services are out of scope.
The Authority aims to procure a new Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Services across the whole of Mid and South Essex. The aim is to create a positive service user and referrer experience with good clinical outcomes and partnership working.
The aims and objectives of the service are to:
- Provide specialist assessment, treatment and support for adults with severe and complex obesity
- Support residents identified as eligible for the service to lose weight and maintain weight loss whilst improving clinical risk factors
- Provide personalised dietetic and psychological support
- Support service users to increase physical activity
- Provide access to drugs recommended by NICE for weight management which have been approved for use in a Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Service by NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
The contract term is from 01st April 2025 - 31st March 2028, with the option to extend for a maximum of 24 months. The aggregate value of the contract (including extensions) as advertised in the Find a Tender Service (FTS) is £7,487,715.00. The aggregate value of the contract (excluding extensions) is £4,522,373.00 Sterling.
The service that this notice relates is within scope of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The Authority is bound only by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Additional information: The service that this notice relates is within scope of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The Authority is bound only by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- PSR Key Criteria 1 - Quality and Innovation: 42%
- PSR Key Criteria 2 - Value: 20%
- PSR Key Criteria 4 - Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice: 14%
- Price (Commercial Offer Template): 20%
- PSR Key Criteria 5 - Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- PSR Key Criteria 1 - Quality and Innovation: 42.00%
- PSR Key Criteria 2 - Value: 20.00%
- PSR Key Criteria 3 - Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability: 14.00%%
- PSR Key Criteria 4 - Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice: 14.00%
- PSR Key Criteria 5 - Social Value: 10.00%
- Price (Commercial Offer Template): 20
- Suitability
The Basic Selection Criteria relating to suitability to pursue the professional activity is as stated in the procurement documents (that can be found at attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗ . Click on 'Register here' and follow the onscreen instructions. The relevant documentation will be available within the 'itt_151 - Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Service for NHS MSE ICB'' project.)
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 20 of 106 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 30 Aug 2024, 17:37 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jan 2025, 18:37 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Oct 2024 – …
- Authority reference
ACE-0752-2024-MSE- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-000748- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0496feFind a Tender
- Review procedure
Representations must be made to the relevant Authority at the email address indicated in section V1.3 by Friday 13th December 2024 and clearly articulate any suspected breach in the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This will then be reviewed by the Authority's PSR Representation Review Panel.
Publisher note: Please note that this form has a mandatory minimum requirement for at least '1' to be marked against the below statements. The true number should be read as '0'. Section V Award of Contract: V.2.2) Information about tenders: - Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: '0' This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The Authority intends to award a NHS Standard Contract for the provision of Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Services for Mid and South Essex. In line with the regulations, the Authority will observe the standstill period from Wednesday 4th December until midnight Friday 13th December 2024. Representations by Providers must be made to the Authority by Friday 13th December 2024, this can be made via email to [email protected]. Please note that this contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR. DECISION MAKING PROCESS: The selected provider was selected due to achieving the highest scores across the key criteria used. The provider has been assessed and passed against the relevant key criteria. Basic Selection Criteria was set out in the procurement documentation, the Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and were scored Pass/Fail. The Key Criteria was set out in the procurement documentation. The Key Criteria was: PSR Key Criteria 1 - Quality and Innovation 42.00% PSR Key Criteria 2 - Value 20.00% PSR Key Criteria 3 - Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability 14.00%% PSR Key Criteria 4 - Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice 14.00% PSR Key Criteria 5 - Social Value 10.00% The decision to award this procurement has been taken by the following approval committees by NHS Mid and South Essex ICB, Working and Decision-Making Group 29th November 2024. There were no conflicts of interest identified among the procurement project group members approving the award of the procurement.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗
- Submission deadline
- 15 Oct 2024, 17:30 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 16 Oct 2024, 09:00 BST
Timeline
10 Sept 2024 → 1 Apr 2025 · 5 dates- Next notice expected10 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline15 Oct 2024, 17:30 BST
- Bids opened16 Oct 2024, 09:00 BST
- Notice published9 Jan 2025, 18:37 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Sept 2024- Published value published: £7,487,71512 Sept 2024, 19:52 BST
- Status changed to active12 Sept 2024, 19:52 BST
- Procurement method changed12 Sept 2024, 19:52 BST
- Deadline published: 15 Oct 2024, 17:30 BST12 Sept 2024, 19:52 BST
- Status changed to complete2 Dec 2024, 20:54 GMT
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
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| — | TextAdditional Information V1.3 · V1.3 | — | This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using the competitive process. NHS Mid and South Essex … | |
| — | TextAdditional Information V1.3 · V1.3 | — | This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using the competitive process. NHS Mid and South Essex … |
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using the competitive process.
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using the competitive process.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2024-08: 1 release · 30 Aug 2024
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SECOND NATURE HEALTHY HABITS LTD | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 038832-2024-1 · SECOND NATURE HEALTHY HABITS LTD
- Signed
- 28 Nov 2024
- Value
- £7,487,715
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SECOND NATURE HEALTHY HABITS LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria