Published date: 1 March 2024

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: 18 March 2024, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal services - 79100000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£7,000,000

Procurement reference

BIP845494546

Published date

1 March 2024

Closing date

18 March 2024

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

21 July 2024

Contract end date

30 August 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The purpose of this notice is to notify the market of the General Dental Council's (GDC) intention to undertake a procurement exercise for Legal Services in relation to Fitness to practice cases. The GDC is the UK-wide statutory regulator of more than 115,000 members of the dental team, including approximately 44,000 dentists and 71,000 dental care professionals (DCPs) - dental nurses, clinical dental technicians, dental hygienists, dental technicians, dental therapists and orthodontic therapists. Our primary purpose is to protect patient safety and maintain public confidence in the dental professions. The GDC achieve this through the following objectives:   -to protect, promote and maintain the health, safety and well-being of the public;   -to promote and maintain confidence in the dental profession; and   -to promote and maintain proper professional standards and conduct for these professions. Where a concern is raised about a dental professional's conduct or competence the has the power to investigate:  -serious or repeated mistakes in clinical care, for example mistakes in diagnosis or dental procedure;  -failure to examine a patient properly, to secure a patient's informed consent before treatment, keep satisfactory records, or to respond reasonably to a patient's needs;  -not having professional indemnity insurance;  -cross infection issues (for example, using dirty clinical equipment during treatment);  -serious breaches of a patient's confidentiality;  -potential criminal offences including fraud, sexual misconduct, theft or dishonesty by a dental professional;  -conduct that is contrary to the GDC standards; and  -poor health or a medical condition that significantly affects a dental professional's ability to treat patients safely.  At this point we are considering our procurement options to securing contract to provide the legal services as described in section [ II.2.4 ] below. If your organisation is interested in tendering for the work described in this PIN , please complete the expression of interest form , downloadable from the Delta e-Sourcing portal. Complete forms will need to be submitted by Midday on 18 March 2024.

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About the buyer

Address

37 Wimpole Street
London
W1G 8DQ
UK

Telephone

+442071676000

Email

procurement@gdc-uk.org