Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 25 Jun 2026, 12:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Tier 2 Adult Weight Management Service 2027

Authority: Hampshire County Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regime
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Jun 2030 · up to 30 Jun 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This procurement is being conducted in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

Hampshire County Council has a requirement to meet its statutory public health duties by taking steps to improve the health of the population. This is supported by the Hampshire Public Health Strategy ambition to help residents to pursue Healthy Lives and in particular support residents maintain a healthy weight and be physically active.

Hampshire County Council's Public Health is seeking to procure a tier 2 adult weight management service designed to meet the needs of eligible Hampshire residents, based on National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines. The service will be in two lots.

Lot 1: Universal service

a) A tier two weight management service, delivered face to face, at accessible venues across Hampshire along with a remote service (group or individual service) for people unable to access physical venues. The Provider will be expected to provide the service at a minimum of 70 locations across the County of Hampshire.

b) A physical activity based tier 2 weight management service in which the behaviour change components of the tier 2 model are delivered alongside a physical activity intervention (co-determined by Commissioner and Provider) for male-only, female-only and mixed-sex groups. The Provider will be expected to provide the service at at a minimum of 70 locations across the County of Hampshire.

Lot 2: Specialist service

Specialist tier two weight management services for defined health inequalities groups

a) A specialist tier two weight management service, for people living with a severe mental illness. The service will be delivered face to face, at accessible venues across Hampshire. The Provider will be expected to provide the service at a minimum of five locations across the County of Hampshire.

b) A specialist tier two weight management service, for people living with a learning disability. The service will be delivered face to face, at accessible venues across Hampshire. The Provider will be expected to provide the service at at a minimum of five locations across the County of Hampshire

Lot 1 Service Description:

The Provider will develop and deliver a clear pathway and service model which provides a flexible and responsive outcome-focused service compliant with NICE guidance. The provider will market the service, establish and promote referral routes into service and triage referrals.

The Service must be compliant with current and future NICE guidance. The Provider will deliver an evidence-based intervention of at least 12 consecutive weeks duration and must use a variety of behaviour-change methods, be multi-component and include structured goal setting and monitoring of behavioural and weight loss goals. Support should also be provided to participants via a digital platform.

Lot 2 Service Description:

The Provider will develop and deliver a clear pathway and service model which provides a flexible and responsive outcome-focused service compliant with NICE guidance. The provider will market the service, establish and promote referral routes into service, including outreach in relevant communities and triage referrals.

The Service must be compliant with current and future NICE guidance. The Provider will deliver an evidence-based intervention of at least 12 consecutive weeks duration and must use a variety of behaviour-change methods, be multi-component and include structured monitoring of behavioural and weight loss goals through the use of individualised plans. The programme must be delivered in small groups of up to 15 participants. The Service must have appropriate adaptations for individuals with mental health conditions, learning disabilities, or special educational needs and disabilities.

More information will be available in the service specification and will be published with this tender.

We are seeking to understand the market interest in delivering these services.

The contract value:

Lot 1: Maximum contract value: £4,375,790 for three years +1+1

Lot 2: Maximum contract value: £1,267,078 for three years +1+1

CPV: Community health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrs
Contract period: 1 Jul 2027 – 30 Jun 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 30 Jun 2032 with extensions
Delivery: South East
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Hampshire County Council buys Social services (CPV 8532), and who usually turns up

Hampshire County Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Social services (CPV 8532) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerHampshire County Council · division 85
The marketSocial services (CPV 8532) · South East England
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 63 of 102 known-size awards · market: CPV 8532 · South East England, n=96
62%49%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South East England.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 66 of 195 known-location awards · market: CPV 8532 · South East England, n=134
34%62%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 9 decided notices · market: CPV 8532 · South East England, n=10
8 days37 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 8 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 13 of 77 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 8532 · South East England, n=132
17%74%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer18 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 85
17% had one bid
The market27 lots with bid counts · CPV 8532 · South East England
19% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid17% / 19%
Buyer: 3 of 18 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 27 lots with published bid counts.
2–317% / 33%
Buyer: 3 of 18 lots with published bid counts. Market: 9 of 27 lots with published bid counts.
4–617% / 33%
Buyer: 3 of 18 lots with published bid counts. Market: 9 of 27 lots with published bid counts.
7+50% / 15%
Buyer: 9 of 18 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 27 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer8 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 85
13% below estimate
The market18 lots with estimate and award · CPV 8532 · South East England
39% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate13% / 39%
Buyer: 1 of 8 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 7 of 18 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%88% / 61%
Buyer: 7 of 8 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 11 of 18 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate0% / 0%
Buyer: 0 of 8 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 0 of 18 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 853236 monthsEstimate not published
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 27 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet19% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 27 similar lots
1 bid19%
5 of 27 similar past lots received 1 bid (19%).
2–333%
9 of 27 similar past lots received 2–3 (33%).
4–633%
9 of 27 similar past lots received 4–6 (33%).
7+15%
4 of 27 similar past lots received 7+ (15%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
25 Jun 2026, 12:59 BST
Last source update
26 Jun 2026, 11:24 BST
Authority reference
AS28857
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060232
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Community health services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bd0f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

25 Jun 2026 → 1 Jul 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published125 days ago
    25 Jun 2026, 12:59 BST
  2. Market engagement103 days ago
    17 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST

    The market engagement event will take place as a virtual meeting via Microsoft Teams. We kindly request that to attend the event, you register yourselves onto our e-tendering portal, In-Tend and send the contact name and email details of your attendee(s) to us via the correspondence function within In-Tend.

    Instructions for participating in the market engagement event:

    • Please ensure you are registered on Hampshire County Council's e-tendering system, In-Tend Hampshire County Council Electronic Tendering Site - in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/aspx/Home ↗
    • Please express interest in project reference AS28857 and the project title Tier 2 Adult Weight Management Service 2027.
    • Please send the contact name and email details of your attendee(s) to us via the correspondence function within In-Tend.

    An invite will be sent to the submitted email contact and they will be able to join the meeting at the time of the event.

    If you do not have access to Microsoft Teams you will be able to continue to the meeting via your browser. Please see guidance regarding Microsoft Teams below for guidance:

    support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/join-a-… ↗

    The deadline for receipt of attendee details is 5.00 pm on 17th July 2026.

    Proposed date for market engagement event is 22nd July 2026.

  3. Today
    29 Oct 2026
  4. Contract startsin 244 days
    1 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Jun 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    25 Jun 2026, 12:59 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    26 Jun 2026, 11:24 BST
    UK2

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

Hampshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBHM-7586-PWLP The Castle, High Street, Winchester, South East, SO238UJContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure