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# Doctor Support Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/doctor-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-042694). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** General Medical Council (GMC): "Doctor Support Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 1 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.mytenders.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [General Medical Council (GMC)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/general-medical-council-gmc-GB-PPON-PXLD-1125-PGBY)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 1 February 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Miscellaneous health services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £264,600 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-042694`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/doctor-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-042694#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [mytenders.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mytenders.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/doctor-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-042694#participate

## Description
The requirement is for the provision of The Doctor Support Service (‘the Service’) – an independent, peer-to-peer emotional support service for doctors who:
- are subject to GMC fitness to practise procedures,
- have been referred to a Medical Practitioners Tribunal (MPT) hearing or
- have been notified that the GMC may withdraw their licence to practise.
We expect between 100 to 150 doctors to take up the Service per annum.  The majority will be doctors seeking support during a GMC investigation of their fitness to practise.  Approximately 850 such investigations were opened in 2022; roughly 30% resulted in referral to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) for adjudication at a hearing.  Approximately 10% of the doctors contacting the Service will be subject to potential withdrawal of their licence.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85140000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The requirement is for the provision of The Doctor Support Service (‘the Service’) – an independent, peer-to-peer emotional support service for doctors who:
- are subject to GMC fitness to practise procedures,
- have been referred to a Medical Practi...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 022992-2024-GMC1697-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **British Medical Association**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-31280`
  - Value: £264,600 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 022992-2024-GMC1697-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £264,600
  - Signed Date: 29/04/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022992-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-24T10:31:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T22:08:05.176Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-042694