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Tier 4 Bariatrics Service - Lancashire, South Cumbria, Merseyside

Buyer: NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board →

BuyerNHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published1 Aug 2025

What is being bought

NHS Midlands & Lancashire CSU were working as agents, supporting the ICBs (see Section VI), with this procurement exercise. All communications relating to this ITT were communicated via the CSU's procurement portal https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (Jaggaer/Bravo Solutions). The procurement was ran on the Bravo Solution Portal via project_837 - Tier 4 Bariatrics Service- Lancashire, Cumbria, Merseyside. This was separated into two lots, with a set of common questions: Common Questions (ITT 886) to be completed with the additional questions for Lot 1 and/or Lot 2. Lot 1 - Lancashire and South Cumbria (ITT 887) Lot 2 - Merseyside (ITT 888) The procurement of the Tier 4 Bariatric Service was originally planned to take place in 2020. However due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the procurement was delayed, and the interim arrangements were extended. Due to patient choice, the commissioner was unable to guarantee any activity for any of the successful providers so the was no guaranteed financial value relating to the contracts. However, the Indicative Financial Cost Envelope for Lancashire & Cumbria (based on 100% activity) was £1,401,139 per annum (at 2021/22 tariff prices). 5 years total (£7,005,695), with an option to extend for a further 2 years (£2,802,278) gives a total indicative contract value for Lot 1 of £9,807,973. The Indicative Financial Cost Envelope for Merseyside (not including the previous Cheshire CCG) (based on 100% activity) was £1,865,210 per annum (at 2021/22 tariff prices). 5 years total would be £9,326,050, with an option to extended for a further 2 years (£3,730,420) gives a total indicative contract value for Lot 2 of £13,056,470. The total possible amount for both lots was £22,864,443. The contract was for 5 years with an option to extend for 2 years. The ICB were originally looking to award to a maximum of 2 providers for each lot, one of which needed to be an NHS Acute Provider. The highest scoring NHS Acute Provider for each lot was to be recommended as a successful bidder. Secondary, the highest scoring bidder, whether this is another bidder from the NHS Acute sector or another bidder from the Independent Sector, were also to be recommended as a successful bidder. This lotting strategy and approach to awarding contracts was to ensure market stability which was always a key objective of this project and to ensure the availability of critical care facilities (provided by an NHS Acute Provider) as part of the Bariatric Emergency Pathway. The award of contracts to the recommended Bidders at the final stages of the procurement process were contingent on the Contracting Authority securing an NHS Acute Provider willing to provide the Emergency Provision as one of the recommended Bidders. The cost of the Bariatric Emergency Pathway will be covered outside of the contract arrangements for elective activity. The activity in relation to the Emergency Pathway is expected to be minimal. Bidders were permitted to bid for one or both lots. As part of the multi-lot tender, there were a number of common questions which were required to be completed once only (Common ITT 886) and then the lot specific questions, were only to be completed once for each of the lots the providers were bidding for (Lot 1 ITT 887 and/or Lot 2 ITT 888). There was to be a maximum of 4 providers across both lots. Candidates wishing to be considered were invited to register their expression of interest & provide additional procurement-specific information (by registering on the Bravo portal). Candidates should register on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk) (registration and use of the website is free of charge).

Delivery location

UKD · UKD

Categories

Health services 85100000Health services 85100000

Lot details

Lot 1 Tier 4 Bariatrics Service (Lancashire and Cumbria)

NHS Midlands & Lancashire CSU were working as agents, supporting the ICBs (previously Lancashire and South Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Groups CCGs) with this procurement exercise. These services were classed as under the light touch regime for the purposes of procurement pursuant to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The ICB had adopted a Pseudo Open Procedure approach. The procurement was ran on the Bravo Solution Portal via project_837 - Tier 4 Bariatrics Service- Lancashire, Cumbria, Merseyside. This was separated into two lots, with a set of common questions: Common Questions (ITT 886) to be completed with the additional questions in Lot 1 and/or Lot 2. Lot 1 - Lancashire and South Cumbria (ITT 887) Lot 2 - Merseyside (ITT 888) The ICB were originally looking to award to a maximum of 2 providers for each lot, one of which needed to be an NHS Acute Provider. The highest scoring NHS Acute Provider for each lot will be recommended as a successful bidder. Secondary, the highest scoring bidder, whether this is another bidder from the NHS Acute sector or another bidder from the Independent Sector, they will also be recommended as a successful bidder. Bidders were permitted to bid for one or both lots. A Find a Tender Service (FTS) notice and Contracts Finder advertisement were published on 13th April 2022 instructing interested parties to submit a bid using the e-procurement portal Bravo Solution. Bidders were able to send completed bids between 20th April 2022 and 27th May 2022. The Find a Tender Service reference was 2022-041247

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Common Questions — 70
Lot 1 Specific Questions — 30
Finance Pass / Fail — 0

Lot 2 Tier 4 Bariatrics Service (Merseyside)

NHS Midlands & Lancashire CSU were working as agents, supporting the ICBs (previously Cheshire and Merseyside Clinical Commissioning Groups CCGs) with this procurement exercise. These services were classed as under the light touch regime for the purposes of procurement pursuant to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The ICB had adopted a Pseudo Open Procedure approach. The procurement was ran on the Bravo Solution Portal via project_837 - Tier 4 Bariatrics Service- Lancashire, Cumbria, Merseyside. This was separated into two lots, with a set of common questions: Common Questions (ITT 886) to be completed with the additional questions in Lot 1 and/or Lot 2. Lot 1 - Lancashire and South Cumbria (ITT 887) Lot 2 - Merseyside (ITT 888) The ICB were originally looking to award to a maximum of 2 providers for each lot, one of which needed to be an NHS Acute Provider. The highest scoring NHS Acute Provider for each lot will be recommended as a successful bidder. Secondary, the highest scoring bidder, whether this is another bidder from the NHS Acute sector or another bidder from the Independent Sector, they will also be recommended as a successful bidder. Bidders were permitted to bid for one or both lots. A Find a Tender Service (FTS) notice and Contracts Finder advertisement were published on 13th April 2022 instructing interested parties to submit a bid using the e-procurement portal Bravo Solution. Bidders were able to send completed bids between 20th April 2022 and 27th May 2022. The Find a Tender Service reference was 2022-041247

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
0 — 0

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Health servicesNot published
2Health servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Health services (85100000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8518,1861 median · 30.5 average (8,569 of 18,186 with a bid count)2 average (9,533 of 18,186 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer2021 median · 2.3 average (74 of 202 with a bid count)1.6 average (79 of 202 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKD4371 median · 12.8 average (216 of 437 with a bid count)1.6 average (230 of 437 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleA Prior Information Notice was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ S 204/2020 20/10/2020 - https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/497598-2020) on the 5th October 2020. A Find a Tender Service (FTS) notice and Contracts Finder advertisement were published on 13th April 2022 instructing interested parties to submit a bid using the e-procurement portal Bravo Solution. Bidders were able to send completed bids between 20th April 2022 and 27th May 2022. The Find a Tender Service reference was 2022-041247. Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9602a862-d6ad-46b2-bad6-bf0ca3c05cde. There was no guaranteed activity for any of the successful bidders and so there was no overall contract values, as the financial cost envelopes were calculated based on National Tariffs and assumptions made based on existing activity data and patient pathways. All bids were based on National HRG Tariffs and within the affordability threshold.
Rationale classificationsThe procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

Tier 4 Bariatrics Weight Management Service (Emergency provision)

Statusactive
Value£0

Tier 4 Bariatrics Weight Management Service (elective care only)

Statusactive
Value£0

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-056b7d
Latest release ID045292-2025
Latest release timestampFri Aug 01 2025 14:00:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodlimited
Procurement method detailsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source2
Tender items in source2
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release2
Contracts in latest release2
Parties in latest release4

Notice history

DateEventReference
1 Aug 2025award, contract045292-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
1 Aug 2025 · 045292-2025 · award, contract
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      "title": "Tier 4 Bariatrics Weight Management Service (Emergency provision)",
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        "description": "NHS Midlands & Lancashire CSU were working as agents, supporting the ICBs (previously Lancashire and South Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Groups CCGs) with this procurement exercise.  \nThese services were classed as under the light touch regime for the purposes of procurement pursuant to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.  The ICB had adopted a Pseudo Open Procedure approach.\nThe procurement was ran on the Bravo Solution Portal via  project_837 - Tier 4 Bariatrics Service- Lancashire, Cumbria, Merseyside. This was separated into two lots, with a set of common questions: \nCommon Questions (ITT 886) to be completed with the additional questions in Lot 1 and/or Lot 2. \nLot 1 - Lancashire and South Cumbria  (ITT 887)\nLot 2 - Merseyside (ITT 888)\nThe ICB were originally looking to award to a maximum of 2 providers for each lot, one of which needed to be an NHS Acute Provider. The highest scoring NHS Acute Provider for each lot will be recommended as a successful bidder. Secondary, the highest scoring bidder, whether this is another bidder from the NHS Acute sector or another bidder from the Independent Sector, they will also be recommended as a successful bidder. \nBidders were permitted to bid for one or both lots.   \nA Find a Tender Service (FTS) notice and Contracts Finder advertisement were published on 13th April 2022 instructing interested parties to submit a bid using the e-procurement portal Bravo Solution.  Bidders were able to send completed bids between 20th April 2022 and 27th May 2022.   \nThe Find a Tender Service reference was 2022-041247",
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        "description": "NHS Midlands & Lancashire CSU were working as agents, supporting the ICBs (previously Cheshire and Merseyside Clinical Commissioning Groups CCGs) with this procurement exercise.  \nThese services were classed as under the light touch regime for the purposes of procurement pursuant to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.  The ICB had adopted a Pseudo Open Procedure approach.\nThe procurement was ran on the Bravo Solution Portal via  project_837 - Tier 4 Bariatrics Service- Lancashire, Cumbria, Merseyside. This was separated into two lots, with a set of common questions: \nCommon Questions (ITT 886) to be completed with the additional questions in Lot 1 and/or Lot 2. \nLot 1 - Lancashire and South Cumbria  (ITT 887)\nLot 2 - Merseyside (ITT 888)\nThe ICB were originally looking to award to a maximum of 2 providers for each lot, one of which needed to be an NHS Acute Provider. The highest scoring NHS Acute Provider for each lot will be recommended as a successful bidder. Secondary, the highest scoring bidder, whether this is another bidder from the NHS Acute sector or another bidder from the Independent Sector, they will also be recommended as a successful bidder. \nBidders were permitted to bid for one or both lots.   \nA Find a Tender Service (FTS) notice and Contracts Finder advertisement were published on 13th April 2022 instructing interested parties to submit a bid using the e-procurement portal Bravo Solution.  Bidders were able to send completed bids between 20th April 2022 and 27th May 2022.   \nThe Find a Tender Service reference was 2022-041247",
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    "title": "Tier 4 Bariatrics Service - Lancashire, South Cumbria, Merseyside",
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    "description": "NHS Midlands & Lancashire CSU were working as agents, supporting the ICBs (see Section VI), with this procurement exercise.  \nAll communications relating to this ITT were communicated via the CSU's procurement portal https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (Jaggaer/Bravo Solutions).\nThe procurement was ran on the Bravo Solution Portal via  project_837 - Tier 4 Bariatrics Service- Lancashire, Cumbria, Merseyside. This was separated into two lots, with a set of common questions: \nCommon Questions (ITT 886) to be completed with the additional questions for Lot 1 and/or Lot 2. \nLot 1 - Lancashire and South Cumbria  (ITT 887)\nLot 2 - Merseyside (ITT 888)\nThe procurement of the Tier 4 Bariatric Service was originally planned to take place in 2020. However due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the procurement was delayed, and the interim arrangements were extended.  \nDue to patient choice, the commissioner was unable to guarantee any activity for any of the successful providers so the was no guaranteed financial value relating to the contracts. \nHowever, the Indicative Financial Cost Envelope for Lancashire & Cumbria (based on 100% activity) was £1,401,139 per annum (at 2021/22 tariff prices). 5 years total (£7,005,695), with an option to extend for a further 2 years (£2,802,278) gives a total indicative contract value for Lot 1 of £9,807,973.\nThe Indicative Financial Cost Envelope for Merseyside (not including the previous Cheshire CCG) (based on 100% activity) was £1,865,210 per annum (at 2021/22 tariff prices). 5 years total would be £9,326,050, with an option to extended for a further 2 years (£3,730,420) gives a total indicative contract value for Lot 2 of £13,056,470. The total possible amount for both lots was £22,864,443. \nThe contract was for 5 years with an option to extend for 2 years.\nThe ICB were originally looking to award to a maximum of 2 providers for each lot, one of which needed to be an NHS Acute Provider. The highest scoring NHS Acute Provider for each lot was to be recommended as a successful bidder. Secondary, the highest scoring bidder, whether this is another bidder from the NHS Acute sector or another bidder from the Independent Sector, were also to be recommended as a successful bidder. \nThis lotting strategy and approach to awarding contracts was to ensure market stability which was always a key objective of this project and to ensure the availability of critical care facilities (provided by an NHS Acute Provider) as part of the Bariatric Emergency Pathway.  \nThe award of contracts to the recommended Bidders at the final stages of the procurement process were contingent on the Contracting Authority securing an NHS Acute Provider willing to provide the Emergency Provision as one of the recommended Bidders. \nThe cost of the Bariatric Emergency Pathway will be covered outside of the contract arrangements for elective activity. The activity in relation to the Emergency Pathway is expected to be minimal. \nBidders were permitted to bid for one or both lots.   \nAs part of the multi-lot tender, there were a number of common questions which were required to be completed once only  (Common ITT 886) and then the lot specific questions, were only to be completed once for each of the lots the providers were bidding for (Lot 1 ITT 887 and/or Lot 2 ITT 888).\nThere was to be a maximum of 4 providers across both lots.\nCandidates wishing to be considered were invited to register their expression of interest &\nprovide additional procurement-specific information (by registering on the Bravo\nportal). Candidates should register on the portal at\nhttps://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk) (registration\nand use of the website is free of charge).",
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