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Gambling Needs Assessment

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

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28 Aug 2026 at 14:23

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Summary of the contracting process

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council is commissioning a comprehensive Gambling Harms Needs Assessment and support to develop a local Gambling Harms Strategy across Sandwell. The work is a social research service (CPV 79315000) covering all age groups, gambling behaviours in different communities, the local gambling landscape, and harms linked to online and in-person gambling. It must examine effects on affected others, including families, carers and communities, and explore links between ethnicity, racism, inequality and gambling-related harm. The scope includes qualitative research, mapping existing services and pathways, identifying gaps and priority populations, and producing an evidence-based strategy and delivery plan to inform commissioning, prevention and partnership activity.

The procurement has reached tender: the council invited offers through a below-threshold open competition. It is one lot, with electronic submission allowed through the council’s procurement portal. Questions had to be submitted by 11 September 2026 at 13:00, and offers by 18 September 2026 at 13:00. The contract is scheduled to run from 19 October 2026 to 31 March 2027. Its estimated value is £65,000 excluding VAT, or £78,000 including VAT. Evaluation is based on 60% quality and 40% price. Quality comprises content and project delivery at 20%, experience at 15%, knowledge at 15% and social value at 10%.

This opportunity suits research organisations, public health consultancies and specialist gambling-harm providers able to combine population-level analysis with detailed qualitative research. Bidders should understand gambling behaviours and harms across communities, online and in-person gambling, affected others, inequalities, ethnicity and racism, and barriers to support. The work calls for experience in stakeholder engagement, service and pathway mapping, identifying unmet need and priority populations, and turning evidence into practical strategy and delivery recommendations. Suppliers need to align recommendations with national guidance, including the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities menu of interventions, while responding to local system priorities. The council identifies the requirement as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Gambling Needs Assessment

Notice Description

Sandwell Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced organisation to undertake a comprehensive Gambling Harms Needs Assessment and support the development of a local Gambling Harms Strategy. The successful supplier will work with key stakeholders to assess local need, identify priority populations and areas for intervention, and provide evidence-based recommendations to inform future commissioning, prevention and partnership activity. Objectives: * Undertake a population-level needs assessment covering all age groups * Understanding of gambling behaviours across different communities in Sandwell * A clear picture of the local gambling landscape * Assess harms across online and in-person gambling * Identify and understand the impact on affected others (families, carers, communities) * Deliver an in-depth qualitative research component * Map current services, pathways and gaps * Identify priority populations and inequalities. * Explore the relationship between ethnicity, racism and gambling-related harms in Sandwell, including any differential experiences, barriers to support and evidence relating to structural inequalities * Develop an evidence-based local Gambling Harms Strategy aligned to national guidance, including the OHID menu of interventions, and local system priorities * Produce a delivery plan with prioritised, actionable recommendations

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06eea5
Publication Source
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Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082223-2026
Current Stage
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All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

CPV Codes

79315000 - Social research services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£65,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
£65,000 Under £100K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Aug 20264 days ago
Submission Deadline
18 Sep 20263 weeks to go
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
19 Oct 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
OLDBURY
Postcode
B69 3DE
Postcode Area
Birmingham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG37 Sandwell
Delivery Location
TLG37 Sandwell
Local Authority
Sandwell
Electoral Ward
Oldbury
Westminster Constituency
West Bromwich

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