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Provider Accreditation Process for Specialist Weight Management Service to Somerset Integrated Care Board

NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board

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16 Sep 2026 at 14:42

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Summary of the contracting process

NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board commissioned a specialist weight management service for patients across Somerset. The service is a multidisciplinary healthcare programme providing dietetic and psychological support, patient-centred weight management, healthier diet and exercise choices, and clinically appropriate pharmacotherapy with medication monitoring. It is intended to address biomedical, psychological and social factors affecting weight, reduce associated disability, unemployment and healthcare costs, and improve access to pain management. The provider is also expected to identify suitable step-down pathways, work with local weight management providers where appropriate, and use patient and public feedback to improve the service. The procurement is classified as health services. Delivery is across Somerset, with the commissioning organisation based in Yeovil.

This is a completed Provider Selection Regime award under Regulation 8, using direct award process B without prior publication of a competition. The contract was approved on 29 June 2026 and awarded to Oviva UK Ltd; the award is recorded as active. The contract was signed on 20 August 2026. Its initial term runs from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2027, with a duration of one year. The recorded contract value is £0.01. One bid was recorded. Evaluation placed 100% on quality, covering the absence of a realistic alternative provider and patient choice, and 0% on price. NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board is the buyer and commissioner.

This requirement suits an established specialist healthcare provider able to deliver integrated weight management at county scale, rather than a supplier offering a single intervention. A credible competitor would need multidisciplinary clinical capability spanning dietetics, psychological support, medication pathways and ongoing pharmacotherapy monitoring, with practice aligned to national guidelines. It would also need systems for timely, patient-centred care, reducing inequalities and waiting times, supporting self-management, and measuring patient outcomes. Experience of coordinating with local providers on step-down or follow-on interventions would be relevant, as would the ability to involve patients and the public in service improvement. Providers should be capable of working within NHS commissioning arrangements and demonstrating safe, sustainable pathways that address both clinical and wider social factors affecting weight.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provider Accreditation Process for Specialist Weight Management Service to Somerset Integrated Care Board

Notice Description

Somerset Integrated Card Board are awarding a contract. This is being awarded following a direct award process B in accordance with Regulation 8 of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 for the provision of Specialist Weight Management Service to Oviva UK Ltd.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Specialist Weight Management Service is commissioned to provide a service that will: *enable the delivery of high quality, timely and integrated patient-centred care whilst tackling existing inequities in services across the county. *use resources more effectively to deliver excellent care to patients and to reduce waiting times. *support patients to manage their own weight and empower them to make healthier lifestyle choices and to make lifelong changes with regards to diet and exercise. *work with patients to understand and address the interplay between the biomedical, psychological and social factors influencing their weight. *reduce the risk of long-term disability and unemployment and healthcare spending associated with excess weight. *increase the range of pain management services available, improving access and supporting patient choice. *ensure that feedback from patients and the public are used to guide the transformation and ongoing improvement of the service. *Provide holistic, multidisciplinary care including dietetic and psychological support for patients. *Provide access to pharmacotherapy where clinically appropriate and in line with relevant national guidelines. This includes monitoring and management of patients on medications. *Where appropriate, the provider will identify other step down pathways to support patients, which may involve collaborating with local providers of weight management programmes. These may be offered to patients within the follow on intervention. A contract has been awarded following a direct award process B in accordance with Regulation 8 of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The initial Contract period is 1 year from 01 August 2026 - 31 July 2027 Duration: 1 year This notice has been published by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract 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 Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-077390
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087825-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
YEOVIL, SOMERSET
Postcode
BA22 8HR
Postcode Area
Bath
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK62 Somerset
Delivery Location
TLK23 Somerset CC
Local Authority
Somerset
Electoral Ward
Brympton
Westminster Constituency
Yeovil

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Oviva UK Limited

Further Information

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