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title: "Qualitative Research in Land-Based Premises"
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# Qualitative Research in Land-Based Premises

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/qualitative-research-in-land-based-premises-ocds-h6vhtk-078141). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Gambling Commission: "Qualitative Research in Land-Based Premises". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Gambling Commission](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/gambling-commission-gov-pb169)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research services, Social research services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/qualitative-research-in-land-based-premises-ocds-h6vhtk-078141#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-078141`

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## Description
Introduction and Background:
The Gambling Commission is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
The Commission is responsible for issuing personal gambling licences for individuals and gambling operating licences for businesses operating in Great Britain and we are responsible for ensuring all licensed gambling is conducted subject to the following licensing objectives:
•	preventing gambling from being a source of crime or disorder, being associated with crime or disorder or being used to support crime
•	ensuring that gambling is conducted in a fair and open way
•	protecting children and other vulnerable people from being harmed or exploited by gambling.
In January 2025, we published a consultation which proposed changes to our requirements on licensees, through the Gaming Machine Technical Standards (GMTS), Gaming Machine Testing Strategy (testing strategy) and the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP).
This was in connection with the commitment in the April 2023 Gambling Act Review White Paper (*1) that set out that:
“The Gambling Commission will conduct a review of its gaming machine technical standards. The review will include an assessment of the role of session limits across category B and C machines and the role of safer gambling tools. The review will consider the effects of any legislative change following the Gambling Act Review and, where appropriate, will consolidate the progress made so far by the industry on a voluntary basis.”
In January 2026, we set out our position in relation to our proposal to introduce a licence condition to more effectively address non-compliant gaming machines (*2). The new licence condition came into effect on 29 July 2026. Our September response (*3) sets out our position in relation to all other proposals within the consultation published in January 2025.
In line with fulfilling our 2024-2027 corporate strategy which includes evaluating the GAR White Paper commitments we are responsible for, the Commission will be conducting an evaluation of the changes arising from the consultation. As part of this evaluation, we are looking to procure qualitative research in land-based premises to be carried out between April 2027 and January 2029.
We envisage this will be delivered across 2 or 3 waves of fieldwork. The first wave of fieldwork will be a pilot study to collect baseline data after the session definition is introduced, and to test the feasibility of the methodology; this data collection must be carried out after 30 March 2027 and be completed by 29 June 2027.  The pilot study will also be an opportunity to trial approaches for the full fieldwork, to be carried out post-implementation from 30 June 2027 and should be used to inform the wider project’s design.
Land-based fieldwork in gambling premises presents an exciting opportunity for the Commission to explore an often-underutilised methodology within gambling research; capturin...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/qualitative-research-in-land-based-premises-ocds-h6vhtk-078141)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 73110000, 79315000

- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2027 to 31/01/2029

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F094048-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-06T07:50:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T14:22:29.806Z
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