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Health, Medical Assessments and Associated Services in relation to Fitness to Practise

General Dental Council · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 21:01.

Opportunity overview

The General Dental Council (GDC) invites tenders for the provision of impartial, expert, and robust health and medical assessments, toxicology testing, and expert witness services to support its Fitness to Practise (FtP) regulatory functions. The Supplier will provide medical assessments, psychiatric assessments, toxicology testing (hair and blood), Civil Procedure Rules‐compliant expert reports, and attendance where required at Practice Committee hearings as expert witnesses. Assessments will be required to support decision making throughout the FTP process The service must be delivered UK‐wide, with consistent standards, timely reporting, secure handling of personal/sensitive data, and clinical expertise capable of supporting regulatory decision‐making. For further information on our requirements, please download the invitation to Tender documents from the Detla e-Sourcing Portal (Access Code : EWKQ9C64U6) The Supplier will be responsible for providing end to end services including Clinical Assessment, Expert Reporting and Support at Fitness to Practice Hearings. The Supplier will be required to provide medical assessments and access to a range of medical examiners/assessors and expert witnesses including: -Psychiatrists-Clinical Psychologists -General Practitioners (GP) -Occupational Health Practitioners The Supplier will be required to provide toxicology testing including: -Hair and blood testing for Alcohol -Hair and blood testing for drugs. -In person collection of samples to ensure continuity of evidence and identification of the dental professional at the point of collection, -Analysis and interpretation of results. The Supplier must effectively deliver clinical assessments across the UK. Further details are available in the invitation to tender documents. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Health-services./EWKQ9C64U6 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/EWKQ9C64U6

Classification

  • CPV85100000 — Health services

Lots

  • Lot 1£1.3m · Including VAT

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-2026-003
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en
cy

Tender Period

Ends
18 Jun 2026, 12:00

Enquiry period

Ends
2 Jun 2026, 17:00

Expected award period

Ends
24 Jul 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Including VAT
1,341,000
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
quality
Name
Criterion 1: Conflict of Interest

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
5
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Type
quality
Name
Criterion 2 Delivery of Services

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
32
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 3
Type
quality
Name
Criterion 3: Mobilisation of the Services

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
10
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 4
Type
quality
Name
Criterion 4 presentation scenario

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
10
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 5
Type
quality
Name
Criterion 5 Contract Management

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
13
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 6
Type
price
Name
Criterion 6 Cost of a basket of items

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
30
Weight
percentageExact

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
economic
Description
As set out in the ITT document
Criterion 2
Type
technical
Description
As set out in the ITT document

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Dec 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Dec 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
The initial Contract Period will be for three (3) years and the optional Contract Period of up to a further two (2) years. There is a provision for an exit period of 3 months at the end of the Contract which takes place at the end of the initial period or subsequent extension period.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85100000
Description
Health services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Entry 2
Id
L-1037454512
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Description
Delta eSourcing Portal Access Code : EWKQ9C64U6
Entry 3
Id
045837-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
19 May 2026, 15:30
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

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

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PNVG-6917-QHLP

Address

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

Contact

Name
Erica Wiiliams
Telephone
+44 20 71676000

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

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

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. 045837-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·