Find a TenderPast planning noticePlanned procurement notice
Published 21 Aug 2025, 10:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Recruitment Advertising Partner for the GDC

Official notice

Authority: General Dental Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£160,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 15 Sept 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 2 Nov 2027 · up to 2 Nov 2029 with extensions · starts 3 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The General Dental Council (GDC) conducts the majority of its recruitment through its in-house recruitment team. To support this, we will be going out to tender to appoint a recruitment advertising partner to provide high-quality recruitment advertising services. The successful partner will support the GDC in advertising a range of roles across generalist and specialist platforms, ensuring we reach a broad and diverse talent pool. The appointed partner will provide a cost-effective, responsive, and flexible service that aligns with our values and supports our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). We expect our recruitment advertising partner to advise on the most suitable channels, remain up to date with market trends, and adapt swiftly to new opportunities and technologies.

If your organisation has the capability and expertise to deliver this service and wishes to register interest, please download and review the Recruitment Campaigns 2024–2025 document to gain an overview of the roles we typically advertise. If you would like to participate in this procurement please complete the Expression of Interest form available in the document repository on the Delta eSourcing Tender Postbox facility. Completed forms must be submitted via the Delta eSourcing Tender Postbox facility by 17:00 on 3 September 2025.

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CPV: Recruitment services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSMEPublished value£160,000
Contract period: 3 Nov 2025 – 2 Nov 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 2 Nov 2029 with extensionsValue: £160,000 exc. VAT · £200,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: The Contract may be extended up to a maximum of 2 years beyond the initial Contract period, at increments to be decided by the Authority and subject to the Contract still being fit for purpose and the satisfactory performance of the Contract.

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality Response: 60%
  • Advertising Costs: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Advertising Costs
  • Quality Response
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
21 Aug 2025, 10:05 BST
Last source update
21 Aug 2025, 10:05 BST
Authority reference
GDC-2025-013
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050409
Latest notice
Planned procurement notice (UK3)
Classification (CPV)
Recruitment services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058bd7 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
31 Oct 2025, 17:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
3 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

No tender submission is required at this stage. If you are interested in participating in the procurement please complete and return the EOI form available in the tenderbox document repository.

Timeline

21 Aug 2025 → 3 Nov 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    21 Aug 2025, 10:05 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    3 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
  3. Tender notice expected
    15 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Submission deadline356 days ago
    31 Oct 2025, 17:00 GMT
  5. Contract starts354 days ago
    3 Nov 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    21 Aug 2025, 10:05 BST
    UK3

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

General Dental Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PNVG-6917-QHLP 37 Wimpole St, London, London, W1G 8DQContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure