Specialist Physical Activity Pathway

Tender description

To provide a specialist physical activity pathway at local leisure centres in West Suffolk that increases and maintains levels of physical activity for people with long term conditions, and or awaiting surgery. Lot 1: Provision of a specialist physical activity at local leisure centres in West Suffolk to increases and maintains levels of physical activity for people with long term conditions, and or awaiting surgery. The contract will run from 1st July 2025 - 30th June 2028 with an option to extend until 30th June 2030. The value of the contract for the initial 3 year period is £300,000 NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award C process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The provider named in this notice is an existing provider and has been reviewed through a Key Criteria assessment to ensure the awarding body is satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to be able to satisfy the contract which is the subject of this notice. The contract which is the subject of this notice has not changed considerably when compared with the existing / previous contract delivered by the named provider. The ICB may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of the contract ("Contract modifications"). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the contract may be varied as allowable in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.