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# 102135 - Rapid Evidence Assessment of Loot Boxes and Microtransactions in Video Games

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/102135-rapid-evidence-assessment-of-loot-boxes-and-microtransactions-in-video-games-ocds-h6vhtk-029167). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: "102135 - Rapid Evidence Assessment of Loot Boxes and Microtransactions in Video Games". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-digital-culture-media-and-sport-gov-d1481)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £40,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029167`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/102135-rapid-evidence-assessment-of-loot-boxes-and-microtransactions-in-video-games-ocds-h6vhtk-029167#tl-md)

## Description
The call for evidence will examine a range of issues including the size and variation of the market, the design of mechanisms, the context in terms of other types of in-game spending, the impact on consumers and particularly young people including links to problem gambling, and the effectiveness of the current statutory and voluntary regulation.
The rapid evidence assessment specified in this Invitation to Tender will produce a literature review to support the public call for evidence, making a vital contribution to our analysis of loot boxes and wider microtransactions, and help us develop an effective and proportionate response that represents the best outcome for DCMS's aims. These are: protecting consumers - particularly children - and promoting business growth and innovation.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The government takes concerns around harms in video games very seriously and in December 2019, committed to review online video games loot boxes alongside a wider review of the Gambling Act 2005.
To support this review of the Gambling Act 2005 and ou...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 102135 - Rapid Evidence Assessment of Loot Boxes and Microtransactions in Video Games (active)
  - Award id: `002560-2021-102135-1`
  - Supplier(s): **InGAME, Abertay University**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-5050`
  - Value: £40,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 102135 - Rapid Evidence Assessment of Loot Boxes and Microtransactions in Video Games (active)
  - Signed Value: £40,000
  - Signed Date: 11/01/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002560-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-02-09T09:32:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T17:29:33.451Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029167