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General Dental Council tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
3
About one every 122 days
Contracts awarded
7
To 8 different suppliers
Value awarded
£89.8m
6 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£126k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
1 contracts end in 90 days

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

General Dental Council has no tenders open right now.

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. Preliminary Market Engagement for SAP Licences and Associated Support Services

    UK-wideIT services and software

    Upcoming

    £350kestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 2 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

  1. Marketing and communications5
  2. Research and development4
  3. IT services and software4
  4. Training1
  5. Social and domiciliary care1
  6. Recruitment and staffing1

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).

  1. UCL Consultants Limited£89.4m
    1 contract
  2. Chase Services Group LtdSME£167k
    1 contract
  3. Manifesto Digital LimitedSME£138k
    2 contracts
  4. People Insight Limited£85k
    1 contract
  5. Carruthers and Jackson LimitedSME£75k
    1 contract
  6. Community Research LtdSMENot stated
    1 contract
  7. University of ManchesterNot stated
    1 contract
  8. WebrecruitSMENot stated
    1 contract

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)50%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)30%
  • Direct award (no competition)20%
Based on 10 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How General Dental Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Advertised openly
50%
Lower than 65% of local authorities
Based on 10 procurements
Won by small firms
75%
Higher than 63% of local authorities
Based on 8 winning suppliers
Direct awards
20%
About the same as most local authorities
Based on 10 procurements

Compared with other local authorities

Advertised openly, 365 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%13
10–20%11
20–30%25
30–40%32
40–50%36
50–60%48
60–70%47
70–80%33
80–90%44
90–100%76
Won by small firms, 324 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%0
10–20%0
20–30%7
30–40%6
40–50%27
50–60%41
60–70%76
70–80%80
80–90%55
90–100%32

Each column is a group of local authorities with similar figures. The coloured column holds General Dental Council.See the full scoreboard

Contracts ending in the next 90 days

Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.

ContractCurrent supplierValueEnds
The provision of: Data Strategy: Phase 2Carruthers and Jackson Limited£75k30 Sept 2026

2 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards

ContractWon byValueAwarded
Office Cleaning ServicesChase Services Group Ltd—1 Sept 2026
360 Degree Feedback Solution and Associated ServicesPeople Insight Limited—6 Jul 2026
Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Registrant and Student Panels and Associated ServicesUniversity of Manchester, Community Research Ltd—2 Jul 2026
The provision of: Data Strategy: Phase 2Carruthers and Jackson Limited—21 May 2026
Website Support and maintenance AgreementManifesto Digital Limited—2 Apr 2026
The provision of Website Support and maintenance AgreementManifesto Digital Limited—2 Apr 2026
Delivery of the Overseas Registration ExaminationUCL Consultants Limited—13 Mar 2026
Recruitment Advertising ServicesWebrecruit—23 Dec 2025
Employee Engagement SurveyPeachy Mondays—1 Aug 2025