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title: "Provider Accreditation Process for Specialist Weight Management Service to Somerset Integrated Care Board"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077390"
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# Provider Accreditation Process for Specialist Weight Management Service to Somerset Integrated Care Board

Buyer: NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077390

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087825-2026 |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board |
| Locality | YEOVIL, SOMERSET |
| Postcode area | Bath |
| Postcode | BA22 8HR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset |
| ITL 3 | TLK62 Somerset |
| Local authority | Somerset |
| Electoral ward | Brympton |
| Westminster constituency | Yeovil |
| Delivery location | TLK23 Somerset CC |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Oviva UK Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 16 Sep 2026 at 14:42 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087825-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://nhssomerset.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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