Preliminary Market Engagement: Digital Tools for Public Health and Wellbeing

Wigan Council is seeking to engage with the market to explore innovative, resident facing digital tools that can support key areas of Public Health.

This exercise forms part of our ongoing commitment to enhancing digital approaches to preventative health and complements our existing face-to-face service delivery.
We are particularly interested in solutions that address one or more of the following priority areas:

• Being Active with Long Term Conditions
• Challenges around Drugs, Alcohol and Mental Health
• Falls Prevention and/or Strength and Balance
• Nutrition and Healthy Weight
• Smoking Cessation

We welcome expressions of interest from providers offering digital tools that enable:

• Corrective action and adaptive support pathways, or
• Progress tracking and outcome monitoring, or
• Self-assessment and personal health analysis, or
• Self-led support and guided interventions, or
• Virtual coaching and motivational engagement.

This market engagement is exploratory in nature and does not constitute a commitment to procure; however, Wigan Council may consider piloting selected solutions as part of our wider digital transformation agenda. Any such pilot would be subject to further discussion and would not imply a guarantee of long-term adoption.

This initiative aligns with Wigan Council’s Progress with Unity strategy, which emphasises innovation, community empowerment, and the integration of digital solutions to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities. By exploring digital tools, we aim to extend the reach and impact of our services, ensuring that residents are supported in ways that are accessible, effective, and sustainable.

Interested parties are invited to share information about their products, platforms, or services, including case studies, links to recorded demonstrations, or evidence of impact where available.

Please submit your solution information to 'The Chest' procurement portal.

Attached is a document containing the relevant links for you to click and complete.

Alternatively please visit the website below:

https://www.wigan.gov.uk/DigitalWellnessEOI

Please note: Due to the potential volume of responses and the exploratory nature of this exercise, we may not be able to respond to all submissions. We will prioritise follow-up based on the relevance and potential alignment of the solutions offered.

Closing date: 12:00pm, Friday 29th August 2025.