Tender

GB-London: Unlocking the potential of GDC Fitness to Practise data

GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL

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Tender

23 Mar 2020 at 14:10

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The General Dental Council (GDC) is currently conducting an open tender for a research project titled "Unlocking the potential of GDC Fitness to Practise data." This initiative, aimed at enhancing the quality of data collected through the Fitness to Practise process, falls under the category of research and development services. Located in London, the tender period is set to close on 1st June 2020, with the contract expected to commence on 22nd June 2020 and run until 30th November 2021. Interested parties can access the Invitation to Tender (ITT) via the Delta portal using the provided access code.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses, particularly small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary and community sector organisations, that specialise in research services. The GDC is looking for firms that can analyse historical data and provide insights aimed at improving decision-making and regulatory practices. Companies with expertise in data analysis, risk assessment, and regulatory consultancy would be particularly well-positioned to compete for this contract.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

GB-London: Unlocking the potential of GDC Fitness to Practise data

Notice Description

The GDC invites tenders for a research project to improve the quality of data that we gather through the Fitness to Practise process and our ability to learn from the data. The aim of the research is to enable GDC to unlock the potential learning from data generated within our fitness to practice processes to: - inform and underpin our ongoing ambitions to promote the principles of right touch regulation in our Fitness to Practise processes, including proportionality, consistency and transparency. - inform our upstream strategy, which focuses on the prevention of harm rather than enforcement activity, including identifying insights to inform learning and action on the part of professionals to reduce levels of FtP concern raised. - provide an important foundation for future research, monitoring and evaluation plans and - provide evidence and insight that will inform GDC's continuing efforts to improve our approach to case analysis Underpinning the research aim are four primary objectives: -Understanding risk: to review historic Fitness to Practise case data (qualitative and quantitative) to enable us to better understand and profile where FtP-related risk lies in the dentistry profession, including understanding the complexity of risk. -Defining considerations/categorisation: to review historical and current Fitness to Practise case data to make recommendations to better define considerations labelling/categorisation (these are the key factors/themes associated with each case) and to enable us to develop and revise our coding frame/s in order to be able to undertake in-depth and inferential analysis of qualitative case data. -Understanding decision-making: to review historic Fitness to Practise case files to enable us to better understand our approach to decision-making in Fitness to Practise cases in relation to how or whether cases progress. We currently have a robust auditing processes in place; the aim of this research is to draw further depth and breadth of learning about our handling of cases using a range of methods and data sources to inform our wider strategic objectives -Sustainability: during and as a result of the review, to develop approaches, processes and use methods that can be trialled and tested at GDC to contribute to both Fitness to Practise casework coding and decisions and to generating data that could be adopted by GDC and used in all aspects of inquiry-based learning, reflective practice, transparent reporting and for a range of research purposes. If you are interested in reading more about the opportunity, please download the ITT from the Delta portal : https://www.delta-esourcing.com/. The Access Code : 6X6Z6U3364 Additional information: 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.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-6f6521e2-59b1-4130-b4be-b6637a355a5c
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1be6314e-f874-45e2-a698-aa2aca6058ad
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

CPV Codes

73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

73110000 - Research services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£500,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Mar 20205 years ago
Submission Deadline
1 Jun 2020Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
21 Jun 2020 - 30 Nov 2021 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BIRMINGHAM
Postcode
B4 6AJ
Post Town
Birmingham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG31 Birmingham
Delivery Location
TLI London
Local Authority
Birmingham
Electoral Ward
Ladywood
Westminster Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood

Further Information

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