Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Registrant and Student Panels and Associated Services

General Dental CouncilcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-058d4dProcurement Act 2023SME suitableVCSE suitableclosed for bids
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Estimated value

services

Awarded value

Suppliers

0

Lots

2

0 awarded

Published

22 Aug 2025

Deadline 26 Sept 2025

Description

The GDC’s core function is to protect the public. This project represents a key task in our strategic commitment to embed user voice, empathy and compassion across all aspects of our work. The panels will play a vital role in enabling the GDC to better hear, understand, and respond to the needs, experiences, perceptions, and expectations of our registrants and students. The voices of registrants and students and the insights they provide will be vital in our work to enhance our effectiveness as a regulator and ensure our approach remains transparent, inclusive, and responsive to the needs of those we regulate. The GDC’s registrant and student panels will ensure we sustain a robust, responsive and independently facilitated approach to involving user voice to inform a wide range of GDC activity. This includes using the panels to develop our understanding of the impacts of factors that are external to the GDC on the dental sector, dental education, the dental workforce, and the public's access to and experience of dental services. The General Dental Council (GDC) invites responses to our invitation to tender, ‘Registrant and student panels and associated services’. This invitation breaks our requirements into two LOTs, each with a fixed price element for setting up and management of each of the panels, and a call-off element to allow for undertaking activities with the panels. Bidders are invited to bid for one or both Panels (LOTs). For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Research-and-development-consultancy-services./2SX662332H To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/2SX662332H

Scope

Reference
GDC-2025-014
Total value
£720,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
24 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2027
Possible extension to 23 Nov 2029

The contract will run for an initial two years with the option to renew annually for a further two years.

Main category
services
CPV classifications
73000000
73200000
73210000
73300000
79315000
Contract locations
UK, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Criterion 1Commercial Criteriaprice30.00%
Criterion 2Qualityquality70.00%
Criterion 2Quality Criteriaquality70.00%

Submission & procedure

Enquiry deadline
05 Sept 2025, 4:00 pm
Submission deadline
26 Sept 2025, 11:00 am
Submission address
To access the Invitation to Tender document and submit your tender please follow the link below, the Access Code is 222AD35555: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/buyers/select/viewListStatus.html?id=975552681
Electronic submission
Yes
Procedure
Competitive flexible procedure

Lots · 2 total

Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
1Registrant Panel Requirementsactive
2Student Panel Requirementsactive