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Published 22 Oct 2025, 16:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Innovation in Obesity Pathways - Market Engagement Opportunity

Official notice

Authority: NHS KENT AND MEDWAY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (Central government)

Services
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South East (UKJ4)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Apr 2026from the planned procurement notice
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

NHS Kent and Medway ICB are preparing to bid for grant funding under the Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP): Strand 3-Combined Access and Management for Healthy Ageing and Tackling Obesity, a national innovation competition jointly funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and Eli Lilly and Company Limited, with up to £85 million available across the UK. A single ICB cannot be awarded any more than £8 million in total. Successful projects must demonstrate readiness to deliver services by August 2026, with clear governance, data reporting, and transition plans for long-term commissioning.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS Kent and Medway ICB are preparing to bid for grant funding under the Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP): Strand 3-Combined Access and Management for Healthy Ageing and Tackling Obesity, a national innovation competition jointly funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and Eli Lilly and Company Limited, with up to £85 million available across the UK. A single ICB cannot be awarded any more than £8 million in total.

To inform our competition response, we are launching a market engagement exercise to explore innovative ideas, technologies, and service models that could inform our competition entries and shape future service opportunities in obesity prevention and management in our ICB.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned
Delivery: South East

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
22 Oct 2025, 16:06 BST
Last source update
22 Oct 2025, 16:06 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-067593
Classification (CPV)
Health services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
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Publisher note: This procurement falls under the Provider Selection Regime 2023. This notice is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) 2023 Prior Information Notice. The procurement of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this contract.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

22 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published381 days ago
    22 Oct 2025, 16:06 BST
  2. Tender notice expected220 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS KENT AND MEDWAY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: 91q 2nd floor Gail House Lower Stone Street, Maidstone, South East, ME156NBContact name, email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.