Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board
Hove Town Hall
Hove
BN3 4AH
Contact
Sarah Rix MCIPS Chartered
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
NHS Organisation Data Service
QNX
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Tier 3 Weight Management Services - Sussex
Reference number
C202519 / 21.796
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The provision of Tier 3 Weight Management Services to NHS Sussex ICB (covering the patient population of West Sussex, Brighton & Hove and East Sussex). The aim of this service is to deliver Weight Management Tier 3 services that adhere to national clinical guidelines.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £15,400,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
Main site or place of performance
Sussex
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The provision of Tier 3 Weight Management Services to NHS Sussex ICB (covering the patient population of West Sussex, Brighton & Hove and East Sussex). The aim of this service is to deliver Weight Management Tier 3 services that adhere to national clinical guidelines.
Key Aims and Objectives of the Service
The aims of the weight management Tier 3 service are to:
• motivate and empower patients to make lifestyle changes that facilitate sustainable
healthy eating, regular exercise and improved emotional wellbeing enabling patients to maintain their weight loss beyond their term within the Tier 3 weight management programme.
• enable patients to reduce their weight without needing to access surgery.
• reduce the perioperative and outcome risks for patients for whom a surgical intervention is required (including non-bariatric procedures such as hip/knee replacement surgery); and
• enable clinical colleagues, including GPs, to best meet the needs of this complex group of people by adopting a whole pathway approach to manage obesity, facilitating regular interaction and communication between primary care and all NHS and Local Authority commissioned providers of weight management services.
The objectives of the service are for:
• Non-surgical patients to achieve a weight loss of at least 5% by the end of their term within the Tier 3 weight management programme.
• Surgical patients to be classed as fit for surgery at the point of pre-operative assessment; and
• Obese patients to have access to coordinated support outside of the Tier 3 weight management programme, such as community-based healthy lifestyle services, through an integrated way of working across the tiers of weight management services.
two.2.14) Additional information
The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but are instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).
The procurement process began prior to the implementation of the Provider Selection Regime, therefore the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 remain the applicable legislation.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Form of procedure
Open procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2023/S 000-025242
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
5 March 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
MoreLife (UK) Ltd
Windsor House, Cornwall Road,
Harrogate, England
HG1 2PW
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
Companies House
07107520
Internet address
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £15,400,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The procurement process began prior to the implementation of the Provider Selection Regime, therefore the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 remain the applicable legislation.
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
NHS England
Skipton House, 80 London Road
London
SE1 6LH
Country
United Kingdom