Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cd4-8e82-71f7-ba95-d6e91489e6cf/provision-of-legal-services-in-relation-to-fitness-to-practise closed GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Provision of Legal Services in Relation to Fitness to Practise [General Dental Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/general-dental-council) Estimated value £7,000,000 Published 1 Mar 2024 Deadline Closed 18 Mar 2024 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender 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. Read full description ## CPV classification Legal services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/084b0c9d-6cd5-4cf5-aae9-53b96b9e2e50) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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