HAC6050: Adult Weight Management Tier 2 (Specialist)

Tower Hamlets Public Health currently commission two specialist tier 2 weight management programmes for adults with learning disabilities (contract value £50,000) and physical disabilities (£60,000) on rolling one-year contracts. The current contracts expire on 28th February 2025.

This procurement is in relation to four-year a single-supplier framework, split into two lots (one for learning disabilities and one for physical disabilities), whereby annual call-offs will be issued in line with available budget for the year

The estimated value for the full four year term is £440,000

London Borough of Tower Hamlet’s (LBTH) Public Health team are seeking to commission a healthy lifestyle programme for adults with physical disabilities who are overweight or obese to support them to achieve better health and wellbeing outcomes. Weight management is a local priority for the council, our partners, and residents.

• In the UK 44% per cent of disabled State Pension age adults reported a mobility impairment and working-age adults were the most likely group to report mental health impairments, with 19 % of disabled working-age adults reporting this type of impairment, in 2018/19.
• A person is considered to have a disability if they have a physical or mental impairment that has ‘substantial’ and ‘long term’ negative effects on their ability to do normal daily activities. This is the core definition of disability in the Equality Act 2010. This can include brain or spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, respiratory disorders, epilepsy, hearing, and visual impairments and more.
• People with a physical disability are twice as likely to be inactive as those without a disability and evidence shows a relationship between engaging in physical activity and positive health outcomes for disabled adults. There is also evidence that people with physical disabilities are at greater risk of coronary heart disease and diabetes mellitus. Moreover, obesity increases the burden of disabilities and the number of secondary conditions. Eventually, patients become more dependent and have a poorer quality of life.
• For working age adults mobility impairments followed by mental health and stamina/breathing fatigue were the top impairments reported and mobility, stamina and dexterity were most reported by Sate pension age adults.

The successful provider will enter into contract with Tower Hamlets utilising their standard T&Cs (included in tender pack) for a four-year single-supplier framework, with the anticipation of annual call-offs being awarded in line with budget allowance.

Tower Hamlets are following the Open procurement procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Register 2015.

Full information can be found in the attached tender documentation