Official UK procurement notice
Training and Embedding Trauma Informed Practice
Authority: General Medical Council (GMC) (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are seeking to procure training and learning in trauma-informed practice (TIP) to support our plan to embed TIP into our communications and engagement with members of the public, various stakeholder groups and members of staff. We are developing our understanding of TIP and its application to various contexts within which we work. We would like to explore how to provide learning and training to colleagues for these various contexts.
Our early thinking is that there will be several specific learning and training offers, including but not limited to:
- An introduction to TIP, including principles and concepts
- TIP in the context of maternity services and adverse incidents
- TIP in the context of sexual misconduct in clinical settings
- TIP in the setting of a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Hearing
- TIP for internal communications, wellbeing and with management hierarchies.
Aspects of learning will reach a total of approximately 1,000 members of staff and associates. We would like the offer to include a variety of methods of delivery including in-person and online training sessions, and e-learning. We envisage a tiered offer, whereby colleagues who regularly engage with individuals who may have experienced trauma or may be otherwise vulnerable would receive more in-depth training, and those whose roles do not include any such direct engagement would receive lighter touch training.
We’re interested in hearing from organisations with expertise in TIP or who deliver training in this area to help us to develop our understanding of what’s available and how to structure a programme of training and learning. We anticipate that there may be a need for several specialist providers based on the various contexts set out above and we’re open to using a number of providers broken down into Lots.
We are also interested in hearing from organisations who may be interested in providing expert advice, guidance and support on a consultancy basis, to support our work to embed TIP into our operations, communications and engagement activity.
We will be holding Supplier Days via MS Teams on Monday 16th February 2026 and Wednesday 4th March 2026. There will be 30-minute slots available on both days. To book a slot please contact the GMC Procurement Team email [email protected] quoting the GMC reference GMC2359.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How General Medical Council (GMC) buys Education and training services (CPV 80), and who usually turns up
General Medical Council (GMC)’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Education and training services (CPV 80) →
How the contest usually goes
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Half of these awards were announced within 37 days of the bid deadline.
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The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
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Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid9%
2–320%
4–646%
7+26%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate31%
Within ±2%62%
Above estimate7%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1Published estimate£225k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 788 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid23%
2–330%
4–624%
7+24%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 9 Feb 2026, 10:25 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Feb 2026, 10:25 GMT
- Authority reference
GMC2359- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-011270- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
9 Feb 2026 → 29 Jun 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published255 days ago9 Feb 2026, 10:25 GMT
- Market engagement232 days ago4 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
We are seeking to procure training and learning in trauma-informed practice (TIP) to support our plan to embed TIP into our communications and engagement with members of the public, various stakeholder groups and members of staff. We are developing our understanding of TIP and its application to various contexts within which we work. We would like to explore how to provide learning and training to colleagues for these various contexts.
Our early thinking is that there will be several specific learning and training offers, including but not limited to:
- An introduction to TIP, including principles and concepts
- TIP in the context of maternity services and adverse incidents
- TIP in the context of sexual misconduct in clinical settings
- TIP in the setting of a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Hearing
- TIP for internal communications, wellbeing and with management hierarchies.
Aspects of learning will reach a total of approximately 1,000 members of staff and associates. We would like the offer to include a variety of methods of delivery including in-person and online training sessions, and e-learning. We envisage a tiered offer, whereby colleagues who regularly engage with individuals who may have experienced trauma or may be otherwise vulnerable would receive more in-depth training, and those whose roles do not include any such direct engagement would receive lighter touch training.
We’re interested in hearing from organisations with expertise in TIP or who deliver training in this area to help us to develop our understanding of what’s available and how to structure a programme of training and learning. We anticipate that there may be a need for several specialist providers based on the various contexts set out above and we’re open to using a number of providers broken down into Lots.
We are also interested in hearing from organisations who may be interested in providing expert advice, guidance and support on a consultancy basis, to support our work to embed TIP into our operations, communications and engagement activity.
We will be holding Supplier Days via MS Teams on Monday 16th February 2026 and Wednesday 4th March 2026. There will be 30-minute slots available on both days. To book a slot please contact the GMC Procurement Team email [email protected] quoting the GMC reference GMC2359.
- Tender notice expected170 days ago5 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts116 days ago29 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Feb 2026, 10:25 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender