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title: "Interim Perceptions Survey 2025"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL (GMC)"
published: "2025-08-12"
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# Interim Perceptions Survey 2025

Buyer: GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL (GMC)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-53a42443-fdee-49f2-93e5-bcbe91611671

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## Summary

The public procurement process for the "Interim Perceptions Survey 2025" has been completed, with the General Medical Council (GMC) acting as the buyer. This tender involves services in the industry category of Technical Testing, Analysis and Consultancy Services and covers areas including the United Kingdom, Europe, and more. The procurement was carried out using an open procedure. The tender period ended on 10th March 2025, and the contract started on 31st March 2025, concluding on 31st January 2026. The GMC sought insights into perceptions of their role from various medical professionals and the public. The award was made to Shift Insight for a value of £81,565 GBP.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in consultancy services to grow by engaging in high-profile projects within the healthcare sector. Companies with expertise in conducting surveys and providing analytical insights, particularly those qualified as small or medium enterprises (SMEs), would have been well-suited to compete for this contract. Such projects enhance business profiles by fostering collaborations with reputable organisations like the GMC, thereby opening doors to future opportunities in similar fields.

## Notice

The aim of this research is to: - provide the GMC with insight into doctors' perceptions of us and our role in 2025. - test some new questions with doctors to help us consider their use in the full tracking survey which will be conducted in 2026, and will be commissioned separately. - provide the GMC with insight into the public's perceptions of us and our role in 2025. - test some new questions with the public to help us consider their use in the full tracking survey which will be conducted in 2026, and will be commissioned separately. - provide the GMC with insight into physician associates and anaesthesia associates perceptions of us and our role in 2025. - explore how some of the questions we have used in previous years with doctors work (in some cases in a necessarily adapted form) with physician associates and anaesthesia associates, who are new audiences for us following the GMC becoming a multiprofessional regulator in late 2024.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b0a63681-4ad3-46ea-a0ab-7da4d60fe9dc |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Aug 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 10 Mar 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 27 Mar 2025 |
| Contract period | 30 Mar 2025 - 31 Jan 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £81,565 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £81,565 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL (GMC) |
| Locality | MANCHESTER |
| Post town | Manchester |
| Postcode | M3 3AW |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD33 Manchester |
| Local authority | Manchester |
| Electoral ward | Deansgate |
| Westminster constituency | Manchester Central |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SHIFT INSIGHT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71600000 - Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services

## Release History

- 12 Aug 2025 at 16:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b0a63681-4ad3-46ea-a0ab-7da4d60fe9dc

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b0a63681-4ad3-46ea-a0ab-7da4d60fe9dc
  12th August 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG170126
  NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at the link provided.

## Notice URLs

- http://www.gmc-uk.org

## Provenance

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