Research services

Tender description

The Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Act 2018 gives effect to the Welsh Government’s determination to provide a legislative basis for addressing some of the long-standing and specific health concerns around the effects of excess alcohol consumption in Wales. The Welsh Ministers wish to commission research to assess the process and impact of the introduction of a minimum price for alcohol. Work with retailers — it is anticipated that this lot will utilise mixed methods to obtain feedback from retailers on implementation as well as the impact that the introduction of a minimum price has had on them. This will need to capture both the on and off trades, as well as small and large retailers. Contribution analysis — it is anticipated that the contribution analysis will look at the wider context of alcohol policy as well as bringing together the relevant data sets and the findings from the individual studies in Wales and evaluation work undertaken in Scotland to inform the assessment of the contribution that the introduction of minimum pricing has made to the policy objectives. Qualitative work with services and service users — an initial piece of qualitative work has recently been commissioned and will work with service providers and users, looking at the potential for people switching substances as a consequence of the introduction of a minimum price for alcohol. This will also look at additional support required to help people prepare. That work has been commissioned as a stand alone separate contract as the feedback on support needs is required during the implementation phase. This can, however, act as baseline work with this group. The requirement of this lot is to undertake further work with services and service users post implementation. Assessment of impact of introducing minimum price for alcohol on wider population of drinkers — this will include work with moderate, hazardous and harmful drinkers. It will also include an analysis of household expenditure. Baseline work will need to be completed before the end of August 2019.