Market Engagement: Tier 3 Weight Management Service for NHS Mid and South Essex ICB

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This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is intended to notify the market of the Market Engagement event only. This PIN is NOT a call for competition. NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (hereafter referred to as “the Authority”) invites suitably qualified providers to attend a virtual Market Engagement event which will inform the market of the Authority’s intention to undertake a procurement process for the provision Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Services. The Authority has published this PIN to support market engagement for this Tier 3 Weight Management Services only. Any future procurement opportunities pertaining to Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Services, if undertaken, will be advertised with a separate call for competition via a relevant notice published in Find a Tender Service, once final. Lot 1: NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (hereafter referred to as “the Authority”) invites suitably qualified providers to attend a virtual Market Engagement event which will inform the market of the Authority’s intention to undertake a procurement process for the provision Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Services. NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board, established in July 2022, provides health and care to 1.2 million residents across the region. The Authority’s geographical footprint covers Mid Essex, Basildon and Brentwood, South East Essex, and Thurrock. Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Service will be available to eligible patients who are registered with a GP practice within Mid and South Essex or, if unregistered, residing in Mid and South Essex. The service will be for residents aged 18 and over. The service will include dietetic and physical activity interventions, psychological support and medication, where appropriate. The service will be delivered both digitally and face to face, both 1-2-1 and in groups. The Tier 4 services are out of scope. The Authority aims to procure a new Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Services across the whole of Mid and South Essex. The aim is to create a positive service user and referrer experience with good clinical outcomes and partnership working. The aims and objectives of the service are to: • Provide specialist assessment, treatment and support for adults with severe and complex obesity • Support residents identified as eligible for the service to lose weight and maintain weight loss whilst improving clinical risk factors • Provide personalised dietetic and psychological support • Support service users to increase physical activity •Provide access to drugs recommended by NICE for weight management which have been approved for use in a Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Service by NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board The Market Engagement event will take place virtually via MS Teams on Thursday 05th September 2024 from 11:00hrs to 12:00 noon. The event will offer an opportunity to engage with stakeholders and for prospective service providers to learn more about the service. The procurement process and timetable will also be shared. To register interest in attending the engagement event please go to https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html . Click on 'Register here' and follow the onscreen instructions. The relevant documentation will be available within the 'SQ_107 Market Engagement: Tier 3 Weight Management Service for NHS Mid and South Essex ICB' project. The closing date for registering attendance is 9:30am on 05th September 2024. Please Note: Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken by you prior to any subsequent procurement is a matter solely for your own commercial judgment. The Authority reserves the right to withdraw from the process at any time or to not tender the service(s) or to tender on a different basis. In such circumstances, and in any event, the Authority and/or its advisors shall not be liable for any costs or loss of expenses whatsoever incurred by any organisation, agent or subsidiary that may have contributed to any proposals submitted to this notice. Any and all information/documents are draft and subject to change. Under no circumstances should providers approach the Authority directly in relation to the service. The service that this Prior Information Notice (PIN) relates is within scope of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The Authority is bound only by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 do not apply. Additional information: All relevant information pertaining to this opportunity can be found via the e-procurement portal (https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html) under the title 'SQ_107 Market Engagement: Tier 3 Weight Management Service for NHS Mid and South Essex ICB'. The closing date for registering attendance is 9:30am on 05th September 2024.