--- title: "Gambling Needs Assessment" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06eea5" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06eea5" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06eea5.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06eea5.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council" published: "2026-08-28" --- # Gambling Needs Assessment Buyer: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06eea5 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06eea5) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06eea5.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082223-2026 | | 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 | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 28 Aug 2026 | | Submission deadline | 18 Sep 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 19 Oct 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £65,000 | | Lots value | £65,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | | Locality | OLDBURY | | Postcode area | Birmingham | | Postcode | B69 3DE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG37 Sandwell | | Local authority | Sandwell | | Electoral ward | Oldbury | | Westminster constituency | West Bromwich | | Delivery location | TLG37 Sandwell | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79315000 - Social research services ## Release History - 28 Aug 2026 at 14:23 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082223-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082223-2026 28th August 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc ## Notice URLs - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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