Published date: 5 April 2023

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: 22 May 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social research services - 79315000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

BIP773152483

Published date

5 April 2023

Closing date

22 May 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

26 June 2023

Contract end date

25 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The General Dental Council is inviting tenders for its social research in' Continuing to explore and understand stakeholders' knowledge of and attitudes towards GDC' study. The GDC is looking to explore where current perceptions are against the findings from our previous research, while also exploring the impact of GDC's changed approach on perceptions. We want to understand more about any issues that might affect delivery of the corporate strategy and establish new benchmarks of early progress against the communication and engagement strategy. Key Objectives :
-Understanding how stakeholder perceptions have changed since 2020 and, if they have, or have not, what has caused this.
-Exploring whether the changes to our communications approach have had any impact on perceptions.
-Supporting the GDC to establish a framework of measures to gauge and over time evaluate progress against our external communication and engagement strategy.
-Understanding more about communication and engagement issues that might affect delivery of our Corporate Strategy.
-Evaluating and informing GDC activity to build positive, trusted relationships with stakeholders to meet the GDC's statutory objectives.
-Informing GDC's approach now and in the future to our communications and engagement with stakeholders.
For further information , please download the invitation to tender documents from the Delta e-Sourcing portal : https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-GB-London:-Social-Research---Continuing-to-explore-and-understand-stakeholders'-knowledge-of-and-attitudes-towards-GDC/28M4CE582J

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Section 6 Nuts code : Any face to face meeting will be held in London, learning events will be held in London and Birmingham and Stakeholder are UK wide

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Team

Address

Wimpole Street
London
W1G 8DQ
UK

Telephone

02071676000

Email

procurement@gdc-uk.org