Home / Opportunities / Opportunity
PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Recruitment Advertising Partner for the GDC

General Dental Council · Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 07:59.

Opportunity overview

The General Dental Council (GDC) conducts the majority of its recruitment through its in-house recruitment team. To support this, we will be going out to tender to appoint a recruitment advertising partner to provide high-quality recruitment advertising services. The successful partner will support the GDC in advertising a range of roles across generalist and specialist platforms, ensuring we reach a broad and diverse talent pool. The appointed partner will provide a cost-effective, responsive, and flexible service that aligns with our values and supports our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). We expect our recruitment advertising partner to advise on the most suitable channels, remain up to date with market trends, and adapt swiftly to new opportunities and technologies. If your organisation has the capability and expertise to deliver this service and wishes to register interest, please download and review the Recruitment Campaigns 2024–2025 document to gain an overview of the roles we typically advertise. If you would like to participate in this procurement please complete the Expression of Interest form available in the document repository on the Delta eSourcing Tender Postbox facility. Completed forms must be submitted via the Delta eSourcing Tender Postbox facility by 17:00 on 3 September 2025. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Recruitment-services./W2MS42786V To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/W2MS42786V

Classification

  • CPV79600000 — Recruitment services

Lots

  • Lot 1£160k

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
GDC-2025-013
Status
planned
Above Threshold
No
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
How to submit
No tender submission is required at this stage. If you are interested in participating in the procurement please complete and return the EOI form available in the tenderbox document repository.
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Tender Period

Ends
31 Oct 2025, 17:00

Communication

Future Notice Date
15 Sept 2025, 23:59

Enquiry period

Ends
3 Sept 2025, 17:00

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planned
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Amount
160,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
200,000

Renewal

Description
The Contract may be extended up to a maximum of 2 years beyond the initial Contract period, at increments to be decided by the Authority and subject to the Contract still being fit for purpose and the satisfactory performance of the Contract.

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Advertising Costs
Type
price

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
40
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Name
Quality Response
Type
quality

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
60
Weight
percentageExact

Contract period

Ends
2 Nov 2027, 23:59
Starts
3 Nov 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
2 Nov 2029, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
79600000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Recruitment services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
050409-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK3
Description
Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
plannedProcurementNotice
Published
21 Aug 2025, 10:05

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PNVG-6917-QHLP
Name
General Dental Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI32
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
W1G 8DQ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
37 Wimpole St

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PNVG-6917-QHLP
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Mary Onuegbu
Telephone
020 7167 6282

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · W1G 8DQ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-058bd7-2025-08-21T10:05:05+01:00Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender ·