CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

HDD-ITT-48862 Provision of Weight Loss and Lifestyle Advice Service

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Hywel Dda University Health board has a tender requirement for a service to provide weight loss and healthy lifestyle advice for its patients in all eight GP Practices. The cluster is looking to develop a combination of expertise within a multi-disciplinary team to provide a holistic approach to weight loss, enabling people to make lifelong changes.

The service will offer a range of services aimed to provide support with healthy food choices, increasing physical fitness with the benefit of having a medical review of physical health assessments and modification of medication. The aim is to educate, decrease weight, improve health and in particular, to decrease the need for medication with emphasis on long-term changes.

The objectives of the service are to provide:

Healthy Eating advice

Physical Fitness improvements

Education on other lifestyle changes (e.g., sleep and stress)

Medical supervision

Education to nurses in diabetes management and the way in which the service works

The service will be provided by a dedicated Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), preferably led by a Doctor and will work alongside and utilise the existing core community services available, e.g., Foodwise scheme, hospital dietetic team & National Exercise Referral Scheme.

The Doctor will oversee the programme & will adapt and tailor the programme to ensure best outcomes for each patient.

The Doctor will be responsible for overseeing the care of each patient and in particular with monitoring of medication, blood tests and general health of the patient with regards to their weight loss. The Doctor will not be expected to deal with chronic disease or acute problems that the patient may have that is unrelated to the service provided, as this will continue to be the responsibility of their own surgery/GP.

The MDT will:

provide healthy eating advice

be responsible for the care of the diabetic programme. This will be alongside extensive support and training by the Doctor to support and develop this role

work alongside the National Exercise Referral Scheme (NERS) to provide the exercise element of the programme

This service is designed to provide up to date knowledge and pioneering techniques for patient benefit. If at any time, the patient demand/ preference changes, the service will need to evolve quickly to meet this need.

The service will provide a service for motivated patients aged 18 and over with a BMI of 25 & upwards and registered within the GP Practices of the Amman Gwendraeth cluster.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=116483

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

2 Years.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

HDD-ITT-48862

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:116483)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice