Coming up· published 9 Jun 2025
Integrated Healthy Lifestyle Service
Reading Borough Council · West Berkshire, South East
Reading Borough Council is planning Integrated Healthy Lifestyle Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in West Berkshire.
Source: Find a Tender, published 9 Jun 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 15:06
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2031
Contract ends
5 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Reading Borough Council is planning Integrated Healthy Lifestyle Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in West Berkshire. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The contract runs from 30 September 2026 to 30 September 2031. It lasts 5 years.
Find a Tender published it on 9 June 2025. The notice number is 031041-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05458f.
Summary of the contracting process
The planning process for an Integrated Healthy Lifestyle Service is currently underway, led by Reading Borough Council in collaboration with West Berkshire Council. The procurement seeks to improve health services such as weight management, physical activity, and stop smoking services across the regions in the United Kingdom, specifically targeting the localities around Reading and West Berkshire. Providers are invited to engage and express interest by 30th June 2025.
The outcome will inform options to improve health outcomes and support economic growth. This planning phase aims to gather insights from the market to aid in the decision-making process. The contract is estimated at £5.3m, covering services above the procurement threshold, with the service likely to commence on 1st October 2026 for a duration of five years, extendable up to 2033.
The procurement method is collaborative, with Reading Borough Council leading the joint commissioning, thus favouring entities familiar with multi-council service provision.
The notice in full
West Berkshire Council and Reading Borough Council is currently planning to procure an Integrated Healthy Lifestyle Service for West Berkshire and Reading residents. The proposed service is likely to run for five years with an option to extend for a further two years.
The aim of the service is to improve access to healthy lifestyle services for adults, weight management, physical activity, falls prevention and stop smoking services to improve health outcomes of the people living within the two areas and to:
- To contribute to the reduction of health inequalities
- To reduce the length of time adults spend in poor health in later life by helping more adults to live longer in good health.
- To contribute to economic growth by improving the health and wellbeing of the workforce, thereby improving productivity, reducing absenteeism and helping inactive adults return to work.
- To improve levels of self-care, resilience and wellbeing
- To contribute to reducing the overall cost burden to public services, particularly health and social care
- To support the Council's to fulfil obligations within the public health grant to tackle obesity and deliver community-based stop smoking services We are seeking to understand the market's interest in the opportunity and views to assist in informing the decision-making process.
We would value your engagement with this process to inform the suitability of options. The purpose of the market testing exercise is to gather insight and feedback from interested providers to help inform integrated healthy lifestyle services.
The market testing will inform the understanding of the potential of the local market to provide the required support offer and to explore ways of delivering the services to improve the health of residents. The estimated total contract value for this contract is PS5.3m
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 30 Sep 2026 to 30 Sep 2031 (5 years)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 031041-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05458f
- CPV code
- 85323000 - Community health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Town
- Reading
- Postcode
- RG1 2LU
- Electoral ward
- Newbury Central
- Constituency
- Newbury
- Delivery area
- North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- Berkshire West
- Area
- Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Reading Borough Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Emma Richardon, Zoe Campbell
- Address
- Reading, RG1 2LU · South East · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
Questions about Integrated Healthy Lifestyle Service
When will the Integrated Healthy Lifestyle Service tender open?
Reading Borough Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How long is the Integrated Healthy Lifestyle Service contract?
The contract runs from 30 September 2026 to 30 September 2031 (5 years).
Who is the buyer for Integrated Healthy Lifestyle Service?
Reading Borough Council, based in West Berkshire, South East. The named contact is Emma Richardon, Zoe Campbell.
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