Namibia Gambling Board extends tech tender deadlines to November 5
Bidders have an additional week to respond to clarification requests for the regulator’s central monitoring and integrated licensing system tenders.
Key takeaways:
- Namibia’s Gambling Board has extended the submission deadlines for two gambling technology tenders to November 5, 2026.
- The revised date replaces the original deadline of October 29 and applies to tenders SC/RP/GBN-01/2026 and SC/RP/GBN-02/2026.
- The Board extended the deadlines after receiving a high volume of clarification requests and needing more time to respond.
- Tender GBN-01/2026 covers a central electronic monitoring system, while GBN-02/2026 covers an automated licensing, workflow and document-management system.
- The monitoring system has a six-month assignment period, while the licensing and document-management system will run for 60 months.
Namibia.- Namibia’s Gambling Board has extended two gambling technology tender deadlines to November 5, 2026, giving bidders an extra week to submit proposals for monitoring and licensing systems following a high volume of clarification requests.
The regulator announced the extension in Public Notice 003 of 2026, released on October 9. The revised closing date for both tenders is November 5, 2026, replacing the original deadline of October 29.
The extension applies to tender SC/RP/GBN-01/2026, covering the supply, deployment and maintenance of a central electronic monitoring system, and tender SC/RP/GBN-02/2026, covering the design, customisation, implementation, support and maintenance of an automated and integrated licensing, workflow infrastructure and document-management system.
In the notice, the Board said it had received “a high volume of requests for clarification on the said tenders” and required more time to respond before the submission deadline.
It added: “This state of affairs, necessitated reconsideration of the submission date of the two tenders, which is herewith extended, but all other terms and conditions remain unchanged.”
The central electronic monitoring system has an assignment period of six months, while the automated licensing and document-management system will run for 60 months. The Board’s procurement information states that the tender documents are available at no cost.
The monitoring system is intended to record and report gambling activities and transactions across licensed operations. The integrated licensing platform is designed to automate licensing processes, enable online applications and digital workflows, and support compliance monitoring and reporting.
