Official UK procurement notice
Gambling Related Harms · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Worcestershire County Council (Local council)
Worcestershire County Council's Public Health Team wishes to understand the extent of gambling harm across Worcestershire and how harm could be reduced or prevented. We would like to hear from organisations who have experience of conducting research with health, local authority and VCS services, to support the development of a gambling needs assessment.
What is being bought
Published requirement description*This notice is for market engagement and request for information only*
Worcestershire County Council's Public Health Team wishes to understand the extent of gambling harm across Worcestershire and how harm could be reduced or prevented. We would like to hear from organisations who have experience of conducting research with health, local authority and VCS services, to support the development of a gambling needs assessment.
In November 2024, the UK Government confirmed a new statutory levy on gambling operators, introduced in April 2025. The levy provides increased, independent and sustainable funding for the research, prevention and treatment of gambling-related harms across Great Britain. We would like feedback from providers who have experience in conducting research with VCS and statutory organisations and services. We are keen to hear from VCSEs, SMEs and those based in Worcestershire.
CPV: Health and social work services · Research services · Social research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Worcestershire County Council buys Market research services (CPV 7931), and who usually turns up
Worcestershire County Council’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: Market research services (CPV 7931) →
How the contest usually goes
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in West Midlands.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 39 days of the bid deadline.
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
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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1 bid16% / 0%
2–348% / 21%
4–612% / 14%
7+24% / 64%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate46% / 44%
Within ±2%54% / 50%
Above estimate0% / 6%
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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 7931Estimate not published
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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 14 past lots.
1 bid0%
2–321%
4–614%
7+64%
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Who could compete for this lot? i
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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.
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
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 9 Sept 2026, 10:28 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Sept 2026, 10:28 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-085243- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f54cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
9 Sept 2026 → 23 Sept 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published65 days ago9 Sept 2026, 10:28 BST
- Contract starts64 days ago10 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Market engagement50 days ago23 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
*This notice is for market awareness, engagement and request for information only*
Worcestershire County Council invites interested organisations to provide feedback via the following MS Forms survey:
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Sept 2026, 10:28 BSTUK2
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
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