Stale Pre-tender

Outsourced bariatric services

Details

Buyer: Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Value: £150,000
Topic: Surgical specialist services
Published: 20 August 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Provision of outsourced bariatric surgery to reduce the Trust's waiting list. Lot 1: Provision of outsourced bariatric surgery within Somerset for up to 20 patients. 10 patients by 31/10/25 and potentially up to a further 10 patients by 31/12/25 (or sooner). Procedures include Allurion Balloon placement and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published20 August 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital and community services across Somerset, and buys as an NHS trust with its own team of procurement and contract management specialists. Non-clinical procurement runs through framework agreements, including NHS Supply Chain, NHS Shared Business Services and the Crown Commercial Service.

Clinical services contracts follow the Provider Selection Regime at any contract value.

Over the past 5 years, most of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in repair and maintenance, IT services and medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@somerset-nhs-foundation-trust.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@somerset-nhs-foundation-trust.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@somerset-nhs-foundation-trust.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@somerset-nhs-foundation-trust.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@somerset-nhs-foundation-trust.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@somerset-nhs-foundation-trust.gov