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Published 29 Sept 2026, 11:38 BST

Official UK procurement notice

GAMBLING HARMS REDUCTION PROGRAMME – GAMBLING BLOCKING PRODUCT

Official notice
Competition analysis

Authority: Public Health Wales NHS Trust (NHS & healthcare)·Procurement run by: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£100,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 2 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 30 Mar 2028 · starts 1 Apr 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

The objective of this potential future procurement process is to appoint a service provider capable of providing licenses for blocking software that: o Blocks a wide range of gambling websites, apps and other digital methods of gambling & has high reliability and accessibility for all participants.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The objective of this potential future procurement process is to appoint a service provider capable of providing licenses for blocking software that:

o Blocks a wide range of gambling websites, apps and other digital methods of gambling & has high reliability and accessibility for all participants

o Difficult to remove from devices and difficult to circumvent restrictions

o Is safe and secure service

o Has Bilingual service provision (Welsh)

o Has Multilingual service provision

o Is based on lived experience

o Difficult to remove from devices and difficult to circumvent restrictions

Full details of this service requirement can be obtained by emailing Bethan Dyke to request a copy of the document.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 1 yrSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 30 Mar 2028 (1 yr)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
48000000 Software package and information systems72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Public Health Wales NHS Trust buys Software package and information systems (CPV 48), and who usually turns up

Public Health Wales NHS Trust’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Software package and information systems (CPV 48) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerPublic Health Wales NHS Trust · all categories
The marketSoftware package and information systems (CPV 48) · UK-wide
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 8 of 19 known-size awards · market: division 48 · UK-wide, n=2,698
42%49%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 4 of 29 known-location awards · market: division 48 · UK-wide, n=2,184
14%29%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: 7 decided notices · market: division 48 · UK-wide, n=256
93 days63 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 93 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 28 of 34 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 48 · UK-wide, n=3,665
82%66%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyer10 lots with bid counts · all categories
30% had one bid
The market387 lots with bid counts · division 48 · UK-wide
16% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (10) / the market (387) · select a colour for counts
1 bid30% / 16%
Buyer: 3 of 10 lots with published bid counts. Market: 63 of 387 lots with published bid counts.
2–360% / 32%
Buyer: 6 of 10 lots with published bid counts. Market: 122 of 387 lots with published bid counts.
4–610% / 31%
Buyer: 1 of 10 lots with published bid counts. Market: 121 of 387 lots with published bid counts.
7+0% / 21%
Buyer: 0 of 10 lots with published bid counts. Market: 81 of 387 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer7 lots with estimate and award · all categories
71% below estimate
The market239 lots with estimate and award · division 48 · UK-wide
54% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (7) / the market (239) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate71% / 54%
Buyer: 5 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 130 of 239 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%29% / 24%
Buyer: 2 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 58 of 239 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate0% / 21%
Buyer: 0 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 51 of 239 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 4812 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£100k

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 48. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 387 past lots.

—No model forecast yet16% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 387 similar lots
1 bid16%
63 of 387 similar past lots received 1 bid (16%).
2–332%
122 of 387 similar past lots received 2–3 (32%).
4–631%
121 of 387 similar past lots received 4–6 (31%).
7+21%
81 of 387 similar past lots received 7+ (21%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £100k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
WCVALive contractPHW-STA-63444 GAMBLING HARMS PREVENTION COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAMMEruns to Dec 2028—£112kMatched as the earlier contract

Who could compete for this lot?
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Coming up in this sector

Contracts ending within 12 months · Retender Radar, sector filter set

Contracts ending in Software Packages & ERPRetender Radar, CPV 48: incumbents and end dates for the next 12 months

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
29 Sept 2026, 11:38 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2026, 11:38 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091770
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077c40 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

29 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published46 days ago
    29 Sept 2026, 11:38 BST
  2. Market engagement31 days ago
    13 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

    Please contact [email protected] for a copy of the PME document for completion.

  3. Tender notice expected11 days ago
    2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Today
    14 Nov 2026
  5. Contract startsin 137 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 11:38 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

Public Health Wales NHS Trust

Contracting authorityPublic undertakingWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-NHS: RYT 2 Capital Quarter, Tyndall Street, Cardiff, Wales, CF10 4BZContact name, email

Other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure