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title: "Tier 4 Bariatric Surgery and Pre Operative Medical Therapy Service"
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# Tier 4 Bariatric Surgery and Pre Operative Medical Therapy Service

Buyer: NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX ICB  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-048acc

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## Summary

The NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) has completed the procurement for a Tier 4 Bariatric Surgery and Pre Operative Medical Therapy Service. This procurement falls under the health services industry category (CPV 85100000), and covers the regions of Suffolk and North East Essex. The contract, awarded to the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, is valued at £2,758,000 and spans from 1st July 2024 to 31st March 2025. The procurement stage is completed, and the contract was awarded without a prior publication of a call for competition, following the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The award was based solely on patient choice as a quality criterion.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in medical, surgical, dietary, pharmaceutical, and psychological treatments related to severe and complex obesity. Suppliers with expertise in these areas, especially those capable of adhering to NICE Guidance and handling a multi-disciplinary team approach, may find collaboration opportunities. Providers equipped to tailor services based on individual patient demographics, such as age, gender, socioeconomic status, and disabilities, are well-suited for such contracts. Additionally, there is potential for contract modifications that could introduce complementary services, offering further growth prospects for adaptable and comprehensive healthcare providers.

## Notice

Services relating to Tier 4+ - Enabling Access to Medical and Surgical Weight Management Interventions including the urgent pathway for high BMI patients needing Gynaecological Cancer surgery.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The aim of the Tier 4+ adult weight management service is to provide specialist assessment, treatment and support for individual's, aged 18 or over, with severe and complex obesity. The intervention options consist of medical and surgical treatments. The Tier 4+ service should build on any interventions received (Tiers 1, 2 and 3) and must appropriately tailor delivery to take into account age, gender, socioeconomic status, culture and any disabilities of the individual. The service will provide specialist dietary, pharmaceutical and psychological treatments, delivered by a multi-disciplinary team (MDT), with detailed and regular follow-ups. The Tier 4+ weight management service will align with NICE Guidance and will adhere to the SNEE ICBs policies relating to the management and treatment of obesity. Start 1st July 2024 - End in line with current main acute contract with this provider on 31st March 2025 - 9 months in length NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award B process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The provider(s) named in this notice is being awarded the contract as the population of the named locality are being offered a choice between providers and the number of providers is not restricted by the relevant authority through provider selection. The services which are the subject of this notice are existing services and are being awarded to a new provider(s). The ICB may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of the contract ("Contract modifications"). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the contract may be varied as allowable in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

Options: Option to extend for one period of 12 months.

### Procurement Information

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. Award decision-makers: Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board Executive Committee No conflicts of interest, or potential conflicts of interest, were declared by any decision makes

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025795-2024 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Aug 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 27 Jun 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £2,758,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX ICB |
| Locality | COLCHESTER |
| Post town | Colchester |
| Postcode | CO4 9QR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex |
| ITL 3 | TLH34 Essex Haven Gateway |
| Local authority | Colchester |
| Electoral ward | Highwoods |
| Westminster constituency | Colchester |
| Delivery location | TLH14 Suffolk CC, TLH34 Essex Haven Gateway |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | EAST SUFFOLK AND NORTH ESSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 14 Aug 2024 at 12:36 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025795-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/snee-icb/aspx/Home
- https://suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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