Tier 2 Weight Management Service

Tier 2 weight management service aimed at all Tower Hamlets residents who meet the eligibility criteria. The service will support them to achieve better health and well-being outcomes.

The service will link with Tier 1 universal services such as local gyms and Tier 3 weight management service where appropriate.

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets (referred to as ‘Tower Hamlets’ or the ‘Authority’) would like to invite organisations to submit applications through a dynamic purchasing system process to become accepted providers of the Tower Hamlets Tier 2 Weight Management Service.

Tier 2 weight management service is aimed at all Tower Hamlets residents who meet the eligibility criteria. The service will support them to achieve better health and well-being outcomes.

The service will link with Tier 1 universal services such as local gyms and Tier 3 weight management service where appropriate.

Contract start and expiry date: contract starts on 16.9.2019 until 15.9.2022, with a possible 2 years extension (15.9.2024).

Estimated contract value: 154 000 GBP per year; 462 000 GBP for 3 years; additional 308 000 GBP for the extension periods; total value: 770 000 GBP.

Overweight 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 and contributes to increased health and social care costs. Due to these reasons, weight management is a local priority for both the council and its partners and the local people.

Successful providers will need to meet the required quality assurances as set out by Tower Hamlets through the submission of the responses to a set of technical and professional ability questions as well as agree a pre-set costing elements.

A supplier briefing will take place on Monday 15.7.2019 between 12:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Location: Room 103, Professional Development Centre, 229 Bethnal Green Road, London E2 6AB.

Please contact [email protected] for further information and to register for the event by 12:00 noon 12^th July.

The dynamic purchasing system will have an initial duration of 3 years with a possible extension of 2 years.

Expressions of interest/application start date: 8.7.2019.

Initial deadline to submit applications: 9.8.2019.

Subsequent applications: on-going.

The ability to re-procure these services in the future is dependant on funding availability.

Organisations wishing to express their interest are requested to register on the London Tenders Portal (www.londontenders.org) where the opportunity documentation will be available for download. You will be required to complete an online application.

Bidders should note that the Contract relates to services that fall under the ‘light touch’ regime of Regulations 74 to 77 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This procurement exercise will therefore be run in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as they apply to ‘light touch’ services. While the Authority is following a process similar to a dynamic purchasing system under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 neither that fact nor any other statements, acts or omissions of the Authority in connection with this procurement exercise should be taken as indicating that the Authority intends to be bound by the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the general principles of the treaty on the functioning of the European Union to any greater extent than applies by law.