Signal · Supply Chain & Logistics

Contract award: NHS England - National Gambling Helpline (GBP 14,500,000)

UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API Authoritative source Published 29th September 2026 United Kingdom

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What the source reported

Source-reported

Contract award notice published on UK Find a Tender by NHS England. Procurement: National Gambling Helpline. Description: The introduction of the Statutory Gambling Levy in October 2025 resulted in NHS England becoming responsible responsible for commissioning the gambling harms treatment pathway, from referral and triage through to aftercare, as of 1st April 2026. The National Gambling Helpline, delivered by GamCare, a VCSE organisation, is an established, live service providing multi-channel access (including telep Category: services. Value: GBP 14,500,000 (stated award/contract value). Supplier(s): GamCare.

Publication: UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API · Government/Regulator
Published: 29th September 2026
Original report: find-tender.service.gov.uk

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Category: Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography: United Kingdom
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 29th September 2026 · 11:28

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 1 · Low

Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Low (15.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Impact-Scale Specificity (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (39/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points). Capped at 39 (Low) -- insufficient structured evidence to support a higher Confidence reading, regardless of source authority.

Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact
Limiting factor: Impact-Scale Specificity

Possibly the same underlying story as Contract award: NHS England - Smartcards Service (GBP 13,592,152.90) — flagged automatically, never merged automatically.

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Initial assessment ⓘMore about Initial Signal AssessmentProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.