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General Dental Council

General Dental Council is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-11-08 to 2026-11-08Updated 2026-11-08

£203.2M

Total spend

29

Contract awards

24

Unique suppliers

£7.0M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, General Dental Council has awarded 29 contracts worth £203.2M to 24 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £7.0M, with the top five suppliers holding 97% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to General Dental Council

Top-five suppliers hold 97% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
UCL Consultants Ltd3£178.9M
UCL Eastman Dental Hospital1£12.7M
PriceWaterhousecooper LLP1£2.1M
PSL PRINT MANAGEMENT LTD1£2.0M
King's College London1£1.3M
King’s College London1£1.3M
Community Research Ltd2£943K
Global Payments1£652K
Community Research Limited1£576K
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER1£576K
University of Manchester1£576K
Webrecruit1£200K
CRAYON SOFTWARE SERVICES LIMITED1£181K
Xperient LLP1£177K
CHASE SERVICES GROUP LTD1£167K
MANIFESTO DIGITAL LIMITED2£138K
Reward Gateway (UK) Ltd1£120K
Bell Integrated Communications Limited1£110K
PEOPLE INSIGHT LIMITED1£85K
CARRUTHERS AND JACKSON LIMITED1£75K

Procurement categories

What General Dental Council buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79
7 awards£2.6M

Education and training services

80
7 awards£194.4M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
5 awards£2.8M

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
3 awards£173K

Printed matter and related products

22
2 awards£2.1M

Financial and insurance services

66
1 award£652K

Administration, defence and social security services

75
1 award£120K

Health and social work services

85
1 award£40K

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
1 award£167K

Recent contracts

Latest General Dental Council contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Office Cleaning Services

CHASE SERVICES GROUP LTD · 2026-08-31

£167K

360 Degree Feedback Solution and Associated Services

PEOPLE INSIGHT LIMITED · 2026-07-05

£85K

Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Registrant and Student Panels and Associated Services

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER · 2026-07-01

£576K

The provision of: Data Strategy: Phase 2

CARRUTHERS AND JACKSON LIMITED · 2026-05-20

£75K

Provision of Public and Patient Panel and Associated Services

Community Research Ltd · 2026-04-26

£367K

Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Registrant and Student Panels and Associated Services

Community Research Ltd · 2026-04-26

£576K

The provision of Website Support and maintenance Agreement

MANIFESTO DIGITAL LIMITED · 2026-04-01

£75K

Website Support and maintenance Agreement

MANIFESTO DIGITAL LIMITED · 2026-04-01

£63K

ORE Part 1: Knowledge Based Exam

UCL Consultants Ltd · 2026-03-13

£9.2M

Delivery of the Overseas Registration Examination

UCL Consultants Ltd · 2026-03-13

£89.5M

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8

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1

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1

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Market analysis

Bidding into General Dental Council — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

42%

Awards to SMEs

97%

Top-5 supplier share

41%

Framework call-offs

3

Awards to social enterprises

Around 42% of General Dental Council’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 3 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 41%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to General Dental Council

How much does General Dental Council spend on procurement?

General Dental Council awarded 29 contracts totalling £203.2M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 24 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £7.0M.

Who are General Dental Council's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to General Dental Council by total award value are UCL Consultants Ltd, UCL Eastman Dental Hospital, PriceWaterhousecooper LLP. The top five suppliers together hold 97% of contract value.

What does General Dental Council buy from suppliers?

General Dental Council's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, education and training services, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08

This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.

Source portals

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
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Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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