Scope
Description
The General Dental Council (GDC) will be to procuring Health and Medical Assessment Services in relation to its Fitness to Practice cases.
The GDC has a duty to protect the public and patients and investigate concerns about dental professionals and where appropriate, take action through our FTP process. To enable informed and timely decisions throughout the process, we require an independent contractor to provide specialist medical assessments and testing to provide findings on dental professional's fitness to practice. The result of any testing and the report will be relied upon to make decisions in FTP cases. Expert witnesses may be required to attend hearings.
High-level scope
The supplier will be required to:
- provide health and medical advice and assessments of the health of dental professionals following notification of mental health, anxiety issues, drug or alcohol related cautions or convictions although there will also be other circumstances for example, but not limited to, concerns about impaired vision, hand tremors etc.
- provide a wide range of health and medical assessments and toxicology testing, along with a findings and recommendation report.
- facilitate appointments across the four nations of the United Kingdom.
- provide an assessment report detailing the clinical findings in relation to the dental professional's state of physical and/or mental health with particular reference to the issues raised.
- attend as an expert witness for hearings
Procurement Timelines:
Indicative timeline
Top level activity Start End
Procurement 13 May 2025 10 June 2025
Evaluation 11 June 2025 02 July 2025
Contracting 03 July 2025 24 July 2025
Mobilisation 25 July 2025 03 September 2025
Contract Go Live (5 years contract plus 12 exist management time) 04 September 202503 January 2031
This service provision falls with Schedule 1 -Light touch services of the Procurement Regulations 2024. We will determine whether this procurement remains as a below threshold.
We anticipate award a contract for an initial 3 years with the option for it to be extended by a further 2 years. There will also be an additional 12-week contract exit period to complete cases and execute the contract exit plan only.
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Total value (estimated)
- £576,000 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 4 September 2025 to 28 November 2028
- Possible extension to 28 November 2030
- 5 years, 2 months, 25 days
Description of possible extension:
We anticipate award a contract for an initial 3 years with the option for it to be extended by a further 2 years. There will also be an additional 12-week contract exit period to complete cases and execute the contract exit plan only.
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 85100000 - Health services
Participation
Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Submission
Publication date of tender notice (estimated)
14 May 2025
Enquiry deadline
23 May 2025, 1:00pm
Tender submission deadline
13 June 2025, 1:00pm
Submission address and any special instructions
Tenders may be submitted electronically
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Below threshold - open competition
Documents
Associated tender documents
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Health-services./7V9S466P78
Expression of interest form
Contracting authority
General Dental Council
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PNVG-6917-QHLP
37 Wimpole Street
London
W1G 8DQ
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 20 71676000
Email: procurement@gdc-uk.org
Region: UKI32 - Westminster
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government