Pre-Market Engagement - Financial Transactions Data (26-025)

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Pre-Market Engagement - Financial Transactions Data (26-025)

Notice Description

The Gambling Commission is commencing pre market engagement to inform the potential procurement of a financial transactions dataset. The purpose of this engagement is to: - Understand market capability to provide financial transactions data - Understand market capability and approaches to identify gambling transactions within a complex financial transactions dataset - Understand possible models for data access - Explore indicative cost models We are interested in hearing from organisations that can provide a large, ongoing, dataset of British adult residents' anonymised financial transactions data. This dataset must include: - Delivery at the level of individual transactions, with everything required for us to build the metrics that we need, such as the date and time, the amount, running balance, merchant name and description. - Classification into Merchant Category Codes (MCC) or some other appropriate classification system. From our previous work using Open Banking data, we know that gambling is particularly difficult to identify, so prospective suppliers must either be able to demonstrate that they possess a state-of-the-art gambling identification algorithm or be willing to share the data with a third party for the purposes of gambling identification. The solution may also include the following desirable attribute: - Demographic and other information about each individual. This should include age and gender. It could also include a measure of gambling harms such as the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) or a measure of financial wellbeing such as their credit rating. Each anonymised individual must be associated with a unique identifier so they can be tracked over time. The Gambling Commission encourages interested organisations to engage with our Expression of Interest request.

Planning Information

The Gambling Commission is commencing pre market engagement, which is open to all suppliers, to inform the potential procurement of a financial transactions dataset. Expression of Interest (EOI) We are inviting interested organisations to complete our Expression of Interest (EOI) document in advance of 19th August 2026 to help inform the proposed procurement. The Expression of Interest (EOI) document is available to download via the MyTenders portal under 'additional information'. Responses to our Expression of Interest (EOI) must be submitted via the MyTenders portal by the stated engagement deadline. Webinar The Gambling Commission will host a webinar to provide an overview on this premarket engagement activity, our requirements and how interested suppliers can get involved on Thursday 6th August, 12:00 - 12:45 To register for the webinar, please use this link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/53d329b1-3e94-4724-a427-bb2a9c103204@7dddff92-1de6-4835-9963-84e7cc44cea2 *Please note - the session will be recorded and made available to all parties that have registered an interest. There will be an opportunity to submit questions during the webinar. A summary of questions raised, together with responses, will be anonymised, compiled, and issued to all registered interested parties to ensure transparency and equal access to information. Suppliers who did not register for or attend the webinar may request a copy of the webinar recording and Q&A document by emailing Commercial@gamblingcommission.gov.uk

Notice Details

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Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-06d127
Publication Source: Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069301-2026
Current Stage: Planning
All Stages: Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type: UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type: Standard
Procurement Category: Services
Procurement Method: Not Specified
Procurement Method Details: Not specified
Tender Suitability: Not specified
Awardee Scale: Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

72300000 - Data services

79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value: £532,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value: Not specified
Awards Value: Not specified
Contracts Value: Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date: 22 Jul 2026Today
Submission Deadline: Not specified
Future Notice Date: 21 Sep 20262 months to go
Award Date: Not specified
Contract Period: 1 Feb 2027 - 31 Jan 2030 3-4 years
Recurrence: Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status: Planning
Lots Status: Planning
Awards Status: Not Specified
Contracts Status: Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

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Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer: GAMBLING COMMISSION
Contact Name: Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email: Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone: Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality: BIRMINGHAM
Postcode: B2 4BP
Post Town: Birmingham
Country: England
Major Region (ITL 1): TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2): TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3): TLG31 Birmingham
Delivery Location: Not specified
Local Authority: Birmingham
Electoral Ward: Ladywood
Westminster Constituency: Birmingham Ladywood

Further Information

Notice Documents

https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069301-2026
22nd July 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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