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General Medical Council (GMC) · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 00:01.

Opportunity overview

The strategic context The GMC’s in-house legal team requires access to a user-friendly legal research tool to support the provision of its various functions (such as Fitness to Practise or Registration and Revalidation), conduct associated litigation, develop policy and deliver business transformation as well as provide wider ad-hoc advice to the organisation. The GMC has the requirement to access the following legal research online on a 24/7 basis: - Access to extensive UK case law, across the 3 UK jurisdictions. - Access to consolidated legislation. Scope of requirement Suppliers will be asked to set out the coverage they provide, but as a minimum to cover caselaw from: - House of Lords/Supreme Court and Privy Council; - The Court of Appeal; - Administrative Court/King’s Bench Division/High Court; - The Employment Appeals Tribunal; - The European Court of Justice; and - Northern Ireland (NI) and Scottish caselaw. The GMC requires appropriate training to be available at both the initiation of the contract and for the purpose of supporting new users through the life of the contract. Training by video link is acceptable. Website access to the service should be available to all solicitors and trainee solicitors employed by the GMC. The GMC currently employs 77 solicitors and trainee solicitors, therefore, the service should be priced to be available to no more than 80 users with the majority of users accessing through a single group login to enable ease of access for the team. Individual logins and personalised services will be required for 20 users. The GMC is seeking an optional service for journals (priced separately, if it attracts an additional cost). The journals we are interested in relate to: - Judicial Revies and public law; - Charity Law; - Regulation of Healthcare Professionals; - Medical Law; and - Dispute Resolution/Civil Litigation.

Classification

  • CPV79140000 — Legal advisory and information services
  • CPV80400000 — Adult and other education services

Lots

  • Lot 1£70k

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
GMC2432
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No
How to submit
www.mytenders.co.uk

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Tender Period

Ends
14 Sept 2026, 12:00

Enquiry period

Ends
24 Aug 2026, 17:00

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active

Value

Including VAT
84,000
Amount
70,000
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
quality
Name
Quality criteria
Description
As detailed in the ITT.

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
70
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Type
cost
Name
Commercials
Description
As detailed in the ITT.

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
30
Weight
percentageExact

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Starts
7 Nov 2026, 00:00
Ends
6 Nov 2028, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79140000
Description
Legal advisory and information services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
80400000
Description
Adult and other education services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
L-5
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Description
Invitation to Tender (ITT) for Online Legal Research (GMC2432)
Entry 2
Id
L-6
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Description
Information Security Questionnaire for GMC2432.
Entry 3
Id
L-7
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Description
GMC Terms and Conditions
Entry 4
Id
L-8
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Description
Guide to submitting a tender to GMC.
Entry 5
Id
L-9
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Description
GMC's raising concerns policy.
Entry 6
Id
078289-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
17 Aug 2026, 16:57
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
General Medical Council (GMC)
Id
GB-PPON-PXLD-1125-PGBY

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PXLD-1125-PGBY

Address

Street Address
3 Hardman Street
Locality
Manchester
Postal Code
M3 3AW
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD33

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

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

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Manchester · UKD33 · M3 3AW · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 078289-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·