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title: "Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e776"
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buyer: "University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust"
published: "2026-08-19"
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# Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme

Buyer: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e776

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## Summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust awarded an obesity pathway innovation service under the BRIDGE programme. The requirement forms part of a whole-pathway model: a digital platform identifies patients, supports self-referral and triage, and manages onward referral and weight-regain resources. The procured service provides clinical assessment, behavioural weight-management support and pharmacological weight-management support, followed by discharge to routine care. This is a healthcare services requirement delivered in the UK, with the buyer based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. It is suited to organisations providing integrated obesity treatment, clinical assessment, medicines-related support and behavioural interventions, particularly where these services can connect with a digital access and management platform.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to DDM Health Limited. The award is active and the contract was signed on 1 August 2026. Its value is £1,543,420.94 for 12 months, from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2027. The buyer used a limited urgent-award procedure under the Provider Selection Regime, without prior publication of a call for competition. The stated reason was urgent quality concerns and potential safety risks, together with delays that affected programme mobilisation and required revised delivery timeframes. The opportunity was evaluated against quality and price criteria, each described as 100. One bid was recorded. The single lot is marked cancelled, while the related award remains active.

This award shows demand for a provider able to deliver a complete clinical obesity pathway rather than a standalone digital tool. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need proven capability in clinical assessment, behavioural weight management, pharmacological weight management and safe discharge into routine care. Experience of managing patients through triage, onward referral and structured weight-regain support would be relevant, as would the ability to integrate clinical delivery with a digital platform handling patient identification and self-referral. The urgent rationale makes demonstrable quality, patient safety, service resilience and rapid mobilisation important competitive strengths. The recorded supplier is an SME, indicating that specialist providers of this scale can compete for the requirement.

## Notice

This is a PSR Urgent Award for the Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP).

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This is a PSR award being made due to urgent circumstances. This notice relates to the obesity pathway innovation programme.

The BRIDGE programme is establishing a whole-pathway model comprising a digital access and management platform , which handles patient identification, self-referral, triage and onward referral as well as hosting weight rebound reduction resources, and this Service, which is responsible for clinical assessment, behavioural and pharmacological weight management support, and discharge back to routine care.

The value of this award is PS1,543,420.94 for a period of 12 months. The service is to be provided from 01/09/2026 - 31/08/2027.

### Procurement Information

Urgent Award under the Provider Selection Regime.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078933-2026 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,543,420 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Postcode area | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B15 2GW |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Edgbaston |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Edgbaston |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | DDM HEALTH LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 19 Aug 2026 at 12:14 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078933-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.diabetes.co.uk
- https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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