General Dental Council: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

General Dental Council has published 27 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 7 CPV divisions, most often business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security.

Across 9 awarded contracts the median value is £2.1m.

Its published awards total £125.3m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from General Dental Council's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 28 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 6 of their tenders.
They publish about 0.5 tenders a month, measured over 60 months of history.
Half of their 9 awarded contracts are worth £2.1m or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, education and training services, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support.
Their most frequent suppliers are UCL Eastman Dental Hospital (2), CHASE SERVICES GROUP LTD (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Office Cleaning Services	CHASE SERVICES GROUP LTD	22 June 2026	£200.4k
Office Cleaning Services	CHASE SERVICES GROUP LTD	22 June 2026	£200.4k
Delivery of the Overseas Registration Examination	UCL Consultants Ltd	13 March 2026	£89.4m
Provision of Part 2 of the GDC Statutory Examination - Overs...	UCL Eastman Dental Hospital	10 July 2023	£12m
Provision of Part 2 of the GDC Statutory Examination - Overs...	The Royal College of Surgeons of England	4 February 2022	£7.4m
Recruitment Advertising	CJA Group Ltd	31 March 2021	£45k

Supplier	Contracts	Total Value
UCL Eastman Dental Hospital	2	£24.6m
CHASE SERVICES GROUP LTD	2	£400.8k