Quick answer — General Medical Council (GMC)Last refreshed 14 May 2026

At a glance

General Medical Council (GMC) has awarded £545.0m across 242 suppliers, with 212 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 10% · 85 open notices now · 4 awards in last 90 d (£1.4m) · SME share 12% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 5 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration10%
Modifications · 90 d5
SME spend share12%
Pipeline · open now85
Awards · 90 d4

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

General Medical Council (GMC) is a contracting authority, based in UKD33. Tracks 808 published notices and 714 awards on PublicSupply.

808
Notices published
714
Awards
242
Suppliers engaged
2014
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£25.3m
12 m spend
£9.9m
Prior 12 m
+155%
YoY change
£182k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
General Medical Council (GMC) — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£3m£5m£8m£11mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

13

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

85

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

4

£1.4m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified641 · £304.0m
services150 · £176.1m
works5 · £13.3m
goods12 · £5.3m

Instrument type

contract808 · £498.7m
Source:Contracts Finder: 604Find a Tender: 204

Awarded contracts · 212 live

All contracts with a published award notice where General Medical Council (GMC) is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Network Strategy SD-WAN & Security Service Edge (SSE)72720000£1.3mest.active
Events and Conference supportOne Two agency Ltd£200k14 May 2026pending
Office fit out services - CardiffTFI Concepts Ltd£108k07 May 2026active
Network Strategy SD-WAN & Security Service Edge (SSE)72720000£1.3mest.active
Pre-Registration Primary Source Verification80400000£12.5mest.active
Interim Orders Tribunal and Interim Measures Tribunal (Advocacy Services)Lincoln House Chambers£1.0mest.active
Network Strategy SD-WAN & Security Service Edge (SSE)72720000£1.3mest.active
State of Medical Education and Practice (SoMEP) Barometer Survey 202673000000£138kest.active
State of Medical Education and Practice (SoMEP) Barometer Survey 202673000000£138kest.active
State of Medical Education and Practice (SoMEP) Barometer Survey 202673000000£138kest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
HS
7 contracts · 08 Feb20 Nov
£54.0mest.
10% of total
2
AG
5 contracts · 01 Apr20 Nov
£50.0mest.
9% of total
3
AS
8 contracts · 13 Jun14 Nov
£38.0mest.
7% of total
▲ 959%
4
MR
4 contracts · SME · 14 Jul15 Aug
£27.2mest.
5% of total
5
PR
3 contracts · SME · 14 Jul15 Aug
£25.2mest.
5% of total
6
CT
£20.0mest.
4% of total
7
HN
4 contracts · 22 Dec14 Mar
£13.4mest.
2% of total
8
RW
2 contracts · 18 Mar
£13.3mest.
2% of total
9242
···
234 other suppliers
long tail · 16 SMEs
£242.1m
44% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
202 contracts
£343.4m
54%
Recreational, cultural, sport
24 contracts
£80.0m
13%
Other
49 contracts
£68.6m
11%
Financial, insurance
38 contracts
£37.0m
6%
Support transport services
11 contracts
£34.6m
5%
Construction works
17 contracts
£31.8m
5%
Education, training
55 contracts
£21.9m
3%
Other community services
16 contracts
£21.3m
3%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
0
Recreational, cultural, sport
Other
0
5
2
9
0
0
2
1
0
Financial, insurance
Support transport services
Construction works
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 5 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 5 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

12%
SME supplier share
target 33%
54
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
242
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 12% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKD33
Charity no.
1089278
Contact
Gordon Duffus
Email
gmctenders@gmc-uk.org

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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