--- title: "GB-London: Unlocking the potential of GDC Fitness to Practise data" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-6f6521e2-59b1-4130-b4be-b6637a355a5c" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-6f6521e2-59b1-4130-b4be-b6637a355a5c" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6f6521e2-59b1-4130-b4be-b6637a355a5c.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6f6521e2-59b1-4130-b4be-b6637a355a5c.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL" published: "2020-03-23" --- # GB-London: Unlocking the potential of GDC Fitness to Practise data Buyer: GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6f6521e2-59b1-4130-b4be-b6637a355a5c [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-6f6521e2-59b1-4130-b4be-b6637a355a5c) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6f6521e2-59b1-4130-b4be-b6637a355a5c.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1be6314e-f874-45e2-a698-aa2aca6058ad | | 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 | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 23 Mar 2020 | | Submission deadline | 1 Jun 2020 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 21 Jun 2020 - 30 Nov 2021 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £500,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL | | Locality | BIRMINGHAM | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B4 6AJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham | | Local authority | Birmingham | | Electoral ward | Ladywood | | Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73110000 - Research services ## Release History - 23 Mar 2020 at 14:10 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1be6314e-f874-45e2-a698-aa2aca6058ad ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1be6314e-f874-45e2-a698-aa2aca6058ad 23rd March 2020 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-GB-London:-Unlocking-the-potential-of-GDC-Fitness-to-Practise-data/6X6Z6U3364 Please follow this link to view the notice. ## Notice URLs - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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