Health, Medical Assessments and Associated Services in relation to Fitness to Practise
General Dental CouncilEstimated Value
Not specified
Deadline
18 June 2026
Published
19 May 2026
Type
Not specified
Overview
The General Dental Council (GDC) invites tenders for the provision of impartial, expert, and robust health and medical assessments, toxicology testing, and expert witness services to support its Fitness to Practise (FtP) regulatory functions. The Supplier will provide medical assessments, psychiatric assessments, toxicology testing (hair and blood), Civil Procedure Rules‐compliant expert reports, and attendance where required at Practice Committee hearings as expert witnesses.
Assessments will be required to support decision making throughout the FTP process The service must be delivered UK‐wide, with consistent standards, timely reporting, secure handling of personal/sensitive data, and clinical expertise capable of supporting regulatory decision‐making. For further information on our requirements, please download the invitation to Tender documents from the Detla e-Sourcing Portal (Access Code : EWKQ9C64U6) The Supplier will be responsible for providing end to end services including Clinical Assessment, Expert Reporting and Support at Fitness to Practice Hearings.
The Supplier must effectively deliver clinical assessments across the UK. Further details are available in the invitation to tender documents. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Hea... To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/EWKQ9C64U6
Eligibility & compliance
The Supplier will be required to provide medical assessments and access to a range of medical examiners/assessors and expert witnesses including: -Psychiatrists-Clinical Psychologists -General Practitioners (GP) -Occupational Health Practitioners The Supplier will be required to provide toxicology testing including: -Hair and blood testing for Alcohol -Hair and blood testing for drugs. -In person collection of samples to ensure continuity of evidence and identification of the dental professional at the point of collection, -Analysis and interpretation of results.
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General Dental CouncilKey Dates
Published
19 May 2026
Submission deadline
18 June 2026
Notice type
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