Health and Medical Assessment and Expert Witness Services in relation to Fitness to Practice
General Dental CouncilEstimated Value
Not specified
Deadline
13 June 2025
Published
10 April 2025
Type
Not specified
Overview
The General Dental Council (GDC) will be to procuring Health and Medical Assessment Services in relation to its Fitness to Practice cases. The GDC has a duty to protect the public and patients and investigate concerns about dental professionals and where appropriate, take action through our FTP process.
To enable informed and timely decisions throughout the process, we require an independent contractor to provide specialist medical assessments and testing to provide findings on dental professional’s fitness to practice. The result of any testing and the report will be relied upon to make decisions in FTP cases.
Expert witnesses may be required to attend hearings. We will determine whether this procurement remains as a below threshold.
Eligibility & compliance
High-level scope The supplier will be required to: - provide health and medical advice and assessments of the health of dental professionals following notification of mental health, anxiety issues, drug or alcohol related cautions or convictions although there will also be other circumstances for example, but not limited to, concerns about impaired vision, hand tremors etc. - provide a wide range of health and medical assessments and toxicology testing, along with a findings and recommendation report. - facilitate appointments across the four nations of the United Kingdom. - provide an assessment report detailing the clinical findings in relation to the dental professional’s state of physical and/or mental health with particular reference to the issues raised. - attend as an expert witness for hearings Procurement Timelines: Indicative timeline Top level activity Start End Procurement 13 May 2025 10 June 2025 Evaluation 11 June 2025 02 July 2025 Contracting 03 July 2025 24 July 2025 Mobilisation 25 July 2025 03 September 2025 Contract Go Live (5 years contract plus 12 exist management time) 04 September 202503 January 2031 This service provision falls with Schedule 1 -Light touch services of the Procurement Regulations 2024.
Regulations cited
- Procurement Regulations 2024
Additional details
We anticipate award a contract for an initial 3 years with the option for it to be extended by a further 2 years. There will also be an additional 12-week contract exit period to complete cases and execute the contract exit plan only.
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General Dental CouncilKey Dates
Published
10 April 2025
Submission deadline
13 June 2025
Notice type
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