Published date: 6 December 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 13 January 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

Scotland, North West, Wales, Northern Ireland, London

Value of contract

£0 to £80,000

Procurement reference

MT224712

Published date

6 December 2021

Closing date

13 January 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

14 February 2022

Contract end date

16 May 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The decisions we make can have a major impact on the public and our registrants. Given the high-stakes nature of our work - stakeholders rightly seek assurance that we exercise our powers fairly
We are commissioning an external, expert review of our past approach to auditing fairness in our decision making to identify and apply any learnings from this - to design and implement our forward-looking rolling programme of external audits. Part of the learning we are seeking is to understand the reservations of stakeholders who have raised concerns - so that we might mitigate these in how we design and commission audits in the future.
We also want to draw on any best practice in how we design, tender or target our audits from other relevant fields such as fairness in criminal justice or other processes involving high-stakes decisions about individuals. We would expect those undertaking the review to bring that expertise in best practice to the review.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Angela Barnes

Address

3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
England

Telephone

+44 1619236340

Email

gmctenders@gmc-uk.org

Website

http://www.gmc-uk.org