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Gambling Needs Assessment

Business ServicesCPV 79315000

Value£65k

Deadline18 Sept 2026

Published28 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 28 Aug 202611 days leftCloses 18 Sept 2026

Who to contact

PH_Commissioning-Requisitions@sandwell.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£65ktotal contract value

median £66k

this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Business Services band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

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

Requirements

What the notice asks for

The successful supplier will work with key

Deliver an in-depth qualitative research component

Deliver an in-depth qualitative research component.

Explore the relationship between ethnicity, racism

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.

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What it takes to bid this

5–9 daysof bid-team effort

£3.4k–£6.2kat typical UK bid-team rates

Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the under £100k band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

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Show at bidNamed engagement team with CVs
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Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Show at bidSocial value commitments

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