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Innovation in Obesity Pathways - Market Engagement Opportunity

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board · NHS and health

In brief

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board has announced plans to buy healthcare work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

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Can I win this?

Competition

Usually high: a median of 6 bids per contract for healthcare contracts in this region (from 228 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

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.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Prior information notice · notice 067593-2025

About the buyer

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care BoardLast 12 months

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From notice 067593-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 22 October 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.