Official UK procurement notice
Health, Medical Assessments and Associated Services in relation to Fitness to Practise
Authority: General Dental Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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:
www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London… ↗
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CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,341,000
- Economic & financial standing
As set out in the ITT document
- Technical & professional ability
As set out in the ITT document
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Criterion 1: Conflict of Interest: 5%
- Criterion 2 Delivery of Services: 32%
- Criterion 3: Mobilisation of the Services: 10%
- Criterion 4 presentation scenario: 10%
- Criterion 5 Contract Management: 13%
- Criterion 6 Cost of a basket of items: 30%
Published award criteria (6)
- Criterion 1: Conflict of Interest
- Criterion 2 Delivery of Services
- Criterion 3: Mobilisation of the Services
- Criterion 4 presentation scenario
- Criterion 5 Contract Management
- Criterion 6 Cost of a basket of items
- Economic & financial standing
As set out in the ITT document
- Technical & professional ability
As set out in the ITT document
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 May 2026, 15:30 BST
- Last source update
- 19 May 2026, 15:30 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 24 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
GDC-2026-003- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-045837- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069c1eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 2 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Timeline
19 May 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published156 days ago19 May 2026, 15:30 BST
- Clarification questions by142 days ago2 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline126 days ago18 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by90 days ago24 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts52 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published19 May 2026, 15:30 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Delta eSourcing Portal Access Code : EWKQ9C64U6
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender