Official UK procurement notice
State of Medical Education and Practice Barometer Survey
Authority: General Medical Council (GMC) (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement description65 The GMC Barometer survey is a tracking survey that we run every year to find out how doctors’ experiences of practising in the UK are changing over time. Since the first Barometer survey in 2019, SoMEP reports have drawn extensively on the findings, including insight on workload pressures, burnout, patient care, and future career intentions.
We are asking bidders to tender for the 2022 and 2023 Barometer surveys, with the option for the GMC to extend this to the 2024 and 2025 surveys. Evidence from these annual surveys will underpin our SoMEP publication over the upcoming years.
CPV: Research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This research is part of ongoing GMC work which aims to measure and track the state of…AwardedRenewalPublished value£670,000
This research is part of ongoing GMC work which aims to measure and track the state of medical practice in the UK through a set of key indicators on an annual basis, and covers the surveys for 2022, 2023 and options on 2024 and 2025.
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 (2)
- Quality: 80%
- Commercials: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 80
- Commercials: 20
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 4 Apr 2022, 15:55 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Sept 2025, 12:28 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 13 May 2022 – …
- Authority reference
GMC1566- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060115- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0329cfFind a Tender
Publisher note: Value increase due to higher-than-expected inflation. Additional analytical work also factored, as annually updating the survey created unexpected requirements. (MT Ref:235575)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 13 May 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
13 May 2022 → 26 Sept 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline13 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened13 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts13 Jun 2022, 00:00 BST
- Notice published391 days ago26 Sept 2025, 12:28 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete29 Sept 2022, 14:58 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFF Research Ltd | £500,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| IFF Research Ltd | £580,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 027349-2022-GMC1566-1 · IFF Research Ltd
- Signed
- 13 Jun 2022
- Value
- £500,000
- Period
- … – 12 Jun 2026
- Status
- active
State of Medical Education and Practice Barometer Survey · IFF Research Ltd
- Signed
- 13 Jun 2022
- Value
- £580,000
- Period
- 13 Jun 1998 – 12 Jun 2026
- Status
- active
- Change Value increase due to higher-than-expected inflation. Additional analytical work was also a factor, as annually updating the survey created unexpected requirements., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Value increase due to higher-than-expected inflation. Additional analytical work was also a factor, as annually updating the survey created unexpected requirements.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- IFF ResearchAwarded supplier
- IFF ResearchAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.