Notice Information
Notice Title
Software as a Service (SAAS) Solution for the Digitisation of Registration and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) processes
Notice Description
The General Dental Council (GDC) has award a contract for Software as a Service (SAAS) Solution for the Digitisation of Registration and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) processes. The contract will o enhance the registration experience so that it is more aligned to applicant expectations, with the potential to also improve the registrant experience. At the forefront they require the development of a seamless digital (paperless) registration process for Dental Care Professionals (DCPs) and Dentists that is integrated with the GDC's CRM platform that enables the storage and upload of documentation, wherever possible, allowing a faster; lower risk path to registration that allows both GDC and applicants to track the progress of their application. The aim is to move to a digital (paperless) registration process for DCPs and Dentists that is integrated with GDCs CRM platform (Microsoft Dynamics CRM). The process must allow for an application to be completed online, with functions to allow for the safe upload of all required documents for registrants; & which synchronizes uploaded data to the in-house CRM system with an associated workflow
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Supplier will deliver the following high-level requirement as part of their solution: - Implementation plan; project management and quality assurance arrangements. - Design, configuration, approach, and planning. - Security plan. - Testing and Acceptance plan (including User Acceptance Testing, system, interface, and regression testing). - Training and skills transfer. Training will be required for different types of users (to be agreed with the GDC); this will include and not be limited to tailored standard operating procedures designed for GDC users. - Data migration and integration to the existing GDC CRM. - Continuing assistance for users during initial period of go-live operation (such as on-site support for a period immediately following initial operational running down to telephone support for a further period). - Support/maintenance and enhancement Services as part of the Contract. The solution must be 'out of the box' which can be configured to meet our specific requirements and can integrate with our CRM system.
Options: The Contract is PS2,0075,760.80 excluding Vat as detailed at (II.2.6 Estimated total value of the published Contract Notice). This envelope covers: -the initial period of the contract of 3 years. -the optional extension of up to a further 3 years -the initial scope which covers the Registration process and CPD is anticipated to cost no more than PS1.15 million of the total budget envelope. - during the course of the Contract, we may commission additional services such as but not limited to Digitisation of Fitness to Practice processes and/or Hearings processes. These requirements are not within the initial scope of the current business case of the Contract and if requirement will require internal approval. As a contingency for any potential additional phases and related services, we have included a provision of circa PS1.15 million of the total budget envelope, which would be available at the earliest in Year 3, pending internal business cases. - a provision for Price variations. Any Price variation will be in accordance with the Change Control Procedure, which will include and not be limited to any proposed changes to pricing being documented, submitted for approval, and communicated transparently. This process may include submitting a change request detailing the reasons for the variation, the impact on costs, and obtaining approval from relevant stakeholders or an authorised decision-making body before implementing the change. The estimates contract value excludes value added tax which for the is current UK's current rate of 20%.
Renewal: The contract will be for an initial 3 years which may be extended by a further 3 years, increment to be decided by the Authority.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-042e36
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004994-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services
72222000 - Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services
72222300 - Information technology services
72600000 - Computer support and consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,300,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,300,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £2,075,761 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Mar 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Aug 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Erica Williams
- Contact Email
- procurement@gdc-uk.org
- Contact Phone
- +44 207676000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- W1G 8DQ
- Post Town
- West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- TLG31 Birmingham
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- Marylebone
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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