Official UK procurement notice
GAMBLING HARMS REDUCTION PROGRAMME – GAMBLING BLOCKING PRODUCT
Authority: Public Health Wales NHS Trust (Central government)·On behalf of: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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 publishedLot #1Lot 1Planned
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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 29 Sept 2026, 11:38 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2026, 11:38 BST
- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077c40
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice publishedearlier today29 Sept 2026, 11:38 BST
- Market engagementin 14 days13 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTPlease contact [email protected] for a copy of the PME document for completion.
- Tender notice expectedin 34 days2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 183 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Sept 2026, 11:38 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Beneficiary authority
- NHS Wales Shared Services PartnershipProcuring entityManaging procurement process on behalf of PHW
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender