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title: "Legal Support Services (Fitness to Practise)"
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# Legal Support Services (Fitness to Practise)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/legal-support-services-fitness-to-practise-ocds-h6vhtk-02fa0a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** General Optical Council: "Legal Support Services (Fitness to Practise)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £611,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Dec 2021, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.mytenders.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [General Optical Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/general-optical-council-GB-CHC-1150137)
- **Published Value:** £611,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 December 2021 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Legal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI31
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £611,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/legal-support-services-fitness-to-practise-ocds-h6vhtk-02fa0a#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02fa0a`

## 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/legal-support-services-fitness-to-practise-ocds-h6vhtk-02fa0a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [mytenders.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mytenders.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/legal-support-services-fitness-to-practise-ocds-h6vhtk-02fa0a#participate

## Description
The requirements of the service are:
- conduct of investigative work on the General Optical Council's behalf in relation to fitness to practise allegations relating to registered opticians and optical businesses
- preparation for, and presentation of, the GOC's case at substantive Fitness to Practise Committee hearings
- occasional preparation for, and presentation of the GOC's case at non-substantive hearings (interim order applications/reviews/extensions, substantive order reviews) and Registration Appeal Committee hearings
- provision of advice relating to the conduct of individual investigations into the fitness to practise of GOC registrants, and relating to interpretation of GOC legislation and rules
- provision of training to Committee members, Case Examiners and GOC staff.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £611,000
- **Description:** The full description document (including expression of interest assessment criteria) is available at: https://www.optical.org/en/about_us/working_for_us/goc-tenders-.cfm
The value of this contract as stated is its total value - please note that we an...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2022 to 31/03/2024
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 018288-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **CMS Cameron McKenna LLP, Kingsley Napley, Ward Hadaway Solicitors**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-57623`, `GB-FTS-143894`, `GB-FTS-57624`
  - Value: £611,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 018288-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £611,000
  - Signed Date: 30/06/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018288-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-07-05T12:20:58.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T12:24:05.866Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02fa0a