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# Gambling Needs Assessment

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gambling-needs-assessment-ocds-h6vhtk-06eea5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council: "Gambling Needs Assessment". Published status: active. Published Value: £65,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 18 Sept 2026, 13:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sandwell-metropolitan-borough-council-ons-e08000028)
- **Published Value:** £65,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 18 September 2026 at 13:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social research services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG37
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gambling-needs-assessment-ocds-h6vhtk-06eea5#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06eea5`

## 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/gambling-needs-assessment-ocds-h6vhtk-06eea5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fsandwellmbc)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gambling-needs-assessment-ocds-h6vhtk-06eea5#participate

## Description
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

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79315000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £65,000

- **Contract Period:** 18/10/2026 to 31/03/2027

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F082223-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-28T13:23:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T07:41:04.897Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06eea5