Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Part 2 of the GDC Statutory Examination - Overseas Registration
Authority: General Dental Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe GDC intends to extend its existing contract for the Provision of Part 2 of the GDC Statutory Examination - Overseas Registration Examinations (ORE), from 1 April to 30 June 2025 to continue to fulfil the intentions of the original contract by supporting the delivery of examination services. This service under the ORE contract relates to “social and other specific services” listed in Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (PCR) and is therefore subject to the ‘light touch regime’ in accordance with Regulations 74 to 77 of the PCR. A procurement for a new contract to deliver examination services for the ORE Part 1 and Part 2 is already underway: Notice reference: 2024/S 000-014888. It is anticipated that the new contract will commence in 2025 for delivery of diets beyond April 2025.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of Part 2 of the GDC Statutory Examination - Overseas Registration Examination (ORE).
The scope of services required include but is not limited to: Deliver the 4 components of the clinical examinations. Examinations venue within the UK -Provision of services, material, equipment, and personnel - qualified and experienced examiners -Project Management and administration -Candidate Management -Working with the GDC to ensure the examinations a delivered effectively and in accordance with the examination blueprint and Preparing for Practice and the ORE Advisory Group to ensure the relevant standard is maintained and the continuous improvement of the examination. Additional information: A VEAT notice was issued in July 2023 (Notice reference: 2023/S 000-020320: that provided for up to 7 diets. The GDC contracted for 5 of the 7 diets (i.e. Nov 2023 to Nov 2024). As part of a change contract note, the GDC intends to commission the other 2 diets (i.e. Jan 2025 and Feb 2025) The GDC also intends to commission 1 additional diet which is the subject of this VEAT notice (April 2025).
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Feb 2022, 16:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Jul 2024, 14:05 BST
- Authority reference
GDC-2017-001- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-022846- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The Order 2023 (the Order) came into force on 8th March 2023. The reform that flows from the Order removed the need for the ORE to be provided by a dental authority. The changes could significantly amend the scope of the services and open up the market to new suppliers who were previously prohibited from bidding. Before the GDC can take advantage of the new flexibility, the GDC needed to develop and consult on a new set of rules. The final rules were published in Spring 2024. The extension includes an additional sum payable to the consortium to account for the management and delivery of up to 7 diets across 20 months and 3 days. The additional services had become necessary to continue to allow overseas registrations to continue until the implementation of the rules pursuant to the new Order to allow for a procurement for the services under the updated rules. A change of contractor cannot be made for economic or technical reasons. There is significant preparatory work required to set up the services. This is one of only two types of this exam currently offered in the UK for Overseas dentists. It requires specific technical expertise to run the exam that has to date not presented itself in the market. A change of contractor would cause significant impact and substantial duplication of costs to the GDC. The GDC has a statutory obligation to run the ORE and was required to pause the exam due to Covid 19 restrictions, this has caused a significant backlog of candidates. Candidates only have one five-year period to complete the ORE, they cannot re-apply. Therefore, they would not be able to practice in the UK and overtime may reduce to number of dental professional available to practice in the UK.
Publisher note: The figure detailed at II.1.7) is an additional cost of circa £25K for each of the 2 diets under the previous VEAT and £600K for the 1 diet cover by this VEAT. Therefore, the GDC is extending the contract to provide for an additional 3 diets in total (January 2025, February 2025 and April 2025) to be delivered before the contract expires on 30 June 2025. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=876189351 GO Reference: GO-2024723-PRO-26965643
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
28 Jul 2023 → 23 Jul 2024 · 2 dates- Contract starts28 Jul 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published23 Jul 2024, 14:05 BST
Notice history
2 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Aug 2023- Buyer details updated4 Aug 2023, 12:05 BST
- Buyer details updated23 Jul 2024, 14:05 BST
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2022-02: 1 release · 7 Feb 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Royal College of Surgeons of England | £7,400,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Queen Mary, University of London Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, UCL Eastman Dental Hospital, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON T/A UCLjoint award | £12,000,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Queen Mary, University of London Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, UCL Eastman Dental Hospital, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON T/A UCLjoint award | £12,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Queen Mary, University of London Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, UCL Eastman Dental Hospital, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON T/A UCLjoint award | £12,650,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Part 2 of the GDC Statutory Examination - Overseas Registration · Queen Mary, University of London Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, UCL Eastman Dental Hospital, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON T/A UCL
- Signed
- 22 Jul 2024
- Value
- £12,650,000
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
Provision of Part 2 of the GDC Statutory Examination - Overseas Registration · Queen Mary, University of London Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, UCL Eastman Dental Hospital, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON T/A UCL
- Signed
- 11 Jul 2023
- Value
- £12,000,000
- Period
- 28 Jul 2023 – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
- Change The GDC intends to extend its existing contract for the Provision of Part 2 of the GDC Statutory Examination - Overseas Registration Examinations for a period of 20 months and 3 days, from 28 July 2023 to continue to fulfil the intentions of the original contract by supporting the delivery of examination services., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: A change of contractor cannot be made for economic or technical reasons. There is significant preparatory work required to set up the services. This is one of only two types of this exam currently offered in the UK for Overseas dentists. It requires specific technical expertise to run the exam that has to date not presented itself in the market. For more information , please refer to the VEAT notice: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020320-2023?origin=SearchResults&p=1
Provision of Part 2 of the GDC Statutory Examination - Overseas Registration Examination (ORE) · Queen Mary, University of London Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, UCL Eastman Dental Hospital, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON T/A UCL
- Signed
- 10 Jul 2023
- Value
- £12,000,000
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
Provision of Part 2 of the GDC Statutory Examination - Overseas Registration Examination (ORE) · The Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Signed
- 4 Feb 2022
- Value
- £7,400,000
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
9 commercial parties on the notice- Queen Mary University of London Barts and The London School of Medicine and DentistryAwarded supplier
- Queen Mary University of London Barts and The London School of Medicine and DentistryAwarded supplier
- Queen Mary, University of London Barts and The London School of Medicine and DentistryAwarded supplier
- Queen Mary, University of London Barts and The London School of Medicine and DentistryAwarded supplier
- The Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandAwarded supplier
- The Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandAwarded supplier
- UCL Eastman Dental HospitalAwarded supplier
- University College LondonAwarded supplier
- University College LondonAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.