Community health services

Tender description

Oxfordshire County Council wish to commission a weight loss service that in the first instance informs and educates Oxfordshire residents, who are looking to reduce their weight, in how to best achieve their goal. Second we wish to commission intervention programs that can provide more tailored, structured and supportive environment to help people lose and maintain their weight loss. The contract has an option to be extended by 12 months. The subject matter of this procurement process relates to the delivery of services which are listed to in Schedule 3 to the regulations. As such the full regime set out in the regulations will not apply to the award of the service contract. Consequently, the procurement process adopted by the Commissioners has been developed in accordance with Regulation 76 of the regulations and in particular in accordance with the fundamental public procurement principles of transparency and equal treatment. For the avoidance of doubt this means that the Commissioners have not adopted the open procedure (as such term is defined in the regulations) for the undertaking of this procurement process. The fact that in this Contract Notice at Section IV.1) the field/box relating to type of procedure may default to the term ‘Open’ does not mean that this procedure is being followed by the Commissioners.