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GMC2380 Executive and Council Permanent and Interim Recruitment

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BuyerGeneral Medical Council (GMC)
StatusClosed
Deadline1 Jul 2026
Value£708,333
Published18 Jun 2026

What is being bought

The GMC wishes to appoint a supplier to provide executive search and senior recruitment services on a call-off basis. The supplier will support permanent and interim recruitment at senior levels, enabling the GMC to respond efficiently and effectively when vacancies arise.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Recruitment services 79600000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£708,333
Contract periodFrom 5 Oct 2026 to 4 Oct 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Stage 1 selection criteria — Pass fail criteria on the following areas: Debarment/ Integrity Check ISO 27001 Certified for Information Security Management Professional Indemnity Insurance Employers Liability Insurance Public Liability Insurance Capability criteria: Right to work and regulatory compliance Geographic coverage Relevant sector experience Volume handling capacity Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Recruitment servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Recruitment services (79600000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 7913,3554 median · 31.3 average (5,626 of 13,355 with a bid count)3.2 average (6,310 of 13,355 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer4Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK3,6944 median · 61.3 average (1,475 of 3,694 with a bid count)5.1 average (1,755 of 3,694 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)9024 median · 4.9 average (15 of 902 with a bid count)1.4 average (15 of 902 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationalen/a we have a strong understanding of the market
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06b5af
Latest release ID057751-2026
Latest release timestampThu Jun 18 2026 15:42:53 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057751-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-07-01T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-09-15T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailswww.mytenders.co.uk
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£708,333
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source6
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
18 Jun 2026tenderUpdate057751-2026
16 Jun 2026tender056524-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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