---
title: "Tier 3 Weight Management Service 25/26"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04ccb8"
canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04ccb8"
markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04ccb8.md"
json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04ccb8.json"
source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS HERTFORDSHIRE AND WEST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2025-01-27"
---

# Tier 3 Weight Management Service 25/26

Buyer: NHS HERTFORDSHIRE AND WEST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04ccb8

[View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04ccb8)  
[Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04ccb8.json)

## Summary

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board has awarded the "Tier 3 Weight Management Service 25/26" contract to deliver a health service focused on supporting patients in safely losing weight and maintaining weight loss to reduce the need for bariatric surgery. The programme will be provided from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026 in West Essex, with a total value of £175,487 and a lifetime contract value of £987,437. The contract was awarded using a direct award process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, following a provider selection process concluded on 6th January 2025.

This procurement presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in health services, particularly those with expertise in multidisciplinary weight management programmes. Companies offering nutritional, dietary, lifestyle, and psychological support services would be well-positioned to compete in such tenders. The existing provider, Morelife (UK) Ltd, has demonstrated success in meeting key performance indicators and delivering positive outcomes, highlighting the competitive landscape for capable businesses in this sector. This contract represents an opportunity for businesses to establish a partnership with a regional health authority and contribute to addressing public health challenges related to obesity and associated conditions.

## Notice

The objectives of the commissioned service is to deliver a Tier 3 Weight Management Serivce to enable and support patients to safely lose weight and maintain weight loss in the long-term and Reduce the requirement for tertiary care services, including bariatric surgery by deferring or avoiding the need for bariatric surgery. A multi-disciplinary team support patients through this 12 month programme. 

Tier 3 Weight Management services provide the link between Tier 1 and 2 population wide services and lifestyle interventions and Tier 4 Specialist Bariatric Surgical Services.

Increased weight and obesity presents a major challenge to the current and future health of the local population. Higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality from a range of conditions including hypertension, heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and several cancers.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Tier 3 weight management services provide the link between Tier 1 and 2 population wide services and lifestyle interventions and Tier 4 Specialist Bariatric Surgical Services. Increased weight and obesity presents a major challenge to the current and future health of the local population. Higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality from a range of conditions including hypertension, heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and several cancers. The objectives of the commissioned service is to enable and support patients to safely lose weight and maintain weight loss in the long-term and Reduce the requirement for tertiary care services, including bariatric surgery by deferring or avoiding the need for bariatric surgery. A multi-disciplinary team support patients through this 12 month programme offering nutrition, diet, lifestyle and psychology support and advise through the delivery of face-to-face, non-face-to-face and group counselling sessions. 

The current provider is satisfying the existing contract, delivering a good service, meeting all KPIs, with no quality concerns and good outcomes and has very good feedback from patients. They are likely to satisfy the new contract, and the proposed contracting arrangements are not changing from the existing contract and we are intending to award a contract to the existing provider following direct award process C.

The intended dates the services are to be provided will be from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026.

Initial Contract award 1st April 2020 - 31st March 2025 total value PS811,950
Additional contract award 1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026 total value PS175,487
Total lifetime value PS987,437. Additional information: 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 7th January 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Written representations should be sent to hweicbhv.procurementteam@nhs.net

The business case including the recommendation to award the contract under the Provider Selection Regime Process C was approved at the HWE ICB Financial Scrutiny Panel on the 17/10/2024.

The options paper for this service was presented at the following panels and committees:
* ICB Commissioning and Contracting Panel - 26/09/2024
* HWE ICB Financial Scrutiny Panel - 17/10/2024
There were no conflicts or potential conflicts declared.

### Procurement Information

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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 7th January 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002739-2025 |
| Notice type | Tender 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 | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Jan 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 Dec 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 | £175,487 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS HERTFORDSHIRE AND WEST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | WELWYN GARDEN CITY |
| Post town | St Albans |
| Postcode | AL8 6JL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLH26 North and East Hertfordshire |
| Local authority | Welwyn Hatfield |
| Electoral ward | Handside |
| Westminster constituency | Welwyn Hatfield |
| Delivery location | TLH23 Hertfordshire CC |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | MORELIFE (UK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 27 Jan 2025 at 15:36 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002739-2025
- 23 Dec 2024 at 15:46 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041447-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.more-life.co.uk
- https://www.hertsandwestessex.icb.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04ccb8. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04ccb8.json.