Part 1 Overseas Registrations Examination Service

Concepts

• education and training
• examination services
• social and other specific services
• part 1 overseas registrations examination service
• examinations
• overseas
• examination
• registrations
• pcr
• relevant standard

Location

LONDON

Description

The GDC intends to extend its existing contract for the Provision of Part 1 of the GDC Statutory Examination - Overseas Registration Examinations for a period of 5 months , from 31 January to 30 June 2025 to continue to fulfil the intentions of the original contract by supporting the delivery of examination services. During the extension period an additional 1 diet with a capacity of 600 places will be delivered. This service under the ORE contract relates to “social and other specific services” listed in Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (PCR) and is therefore subject to the ‘light touch regime’ in accordance with Regulations 74 to 77 of the PCR. A procurement for a new contract to deliver examination services for the ORE Part 1 and Part 2 is already underway : Notice reference: 2024/S 000-014888.

Total Quantity or Scope

The scope of services required may include but is not limited to: - Project management and administration of the exam - Design of an exam that delivers to the learning outcomes in preparing for practice (or relevant standard), detailed above. - Delivery of a computer-based exam - Quality assurance and continuous improvement - Candidate management - Relationship management.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 80000000 - Education and training services

Indicators

Legal Justification

The Order 2023 (the Order) came into force on 8th March 2023. The reform that flows from the Order removed the need for the ORE to be provided by a dental authority. The changes could significantly amend the scope of the services and open up the market to new suppliers who were previously prohibited from bidding. Before the GDC can take advantage of the new flexibility, the GDC needed to develop and consult on a new set of rules. The final rules were published in Spring 2024. The extension includes an additional sum payable to the consortium to account for the management and delivery of up to 7 diets across 20 months and 3 days. The additional services had become necessary to continue to allow overseas registrations to continue until the implementation of the rules pursuant to the new Order to allow for a procurement for the services under the updated rules. A change of contractor cannot be made for economic or technical reasons. There is significant preparatory work required to set up the services. This is one of only two types of this exam currently offered in the UK for Overseas dentists. It requires specific technical expertise to run the exam that has to date not presented itself in the market. A change of contractor would cause significant impact and substantial duplication of costs to the GDC. The GDC has a statutory obligation to run the ORE and was required to pause the exam due to Covid 19 restrictions, this has caused a significant backlog of candidates. Candidates only have one five-year period to complete the ORE, they cannot re-apply. Therefore, they would not be able to practice in the UK and overtime may reduce to number of dental professional available to practice in the UK.

Other Information

To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=873729087 GO Reference: GO-2024724-PRO-26981373