# Primary Source Verification for Overseas Doctors

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [General Medical Council \(GMC\)](/buyers/general-medical-council-gmc/contract-awards)
- Published: 27 May 2022
- Planned start: 10 September 2022
- Planned end: 9 September 2025
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 3091d543-28ae-4c8d-81de-f768033ac857-542410
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1cf3eaee-2d65-4335-ba81-011cfda9b45f

## Description

The Registration Information team conducts ad hoc verification checks on doctors' qualifications and experience where there is a requirement to do so, for example where there is a doubt as to the veracity of an individual's primary medical qualification\.The third party will be contracted to provide these verification services on the GMC's behalf\. A successful verification means confirmation from someone in a position of authority at the issuing institution that a doctor's qualification is genuine, being gained by that individual at the awarding body in question, on the date claimed\. Alternatively, it may mean confirmation from someone in a position of authority at a medical employer that the employment experience the doctor claims to have is genuine\.

## Related contract awards

- [Lay Advocacy Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-59035559-9d4d-4966-a7ad-917d81c2e1a7): General Medical Council \(GMC\)
- [Toxicology Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-63b13d2d-c216-48d6-a3a8-dd3a67306eea): General Medical Council \(GMC\)
- [Primary Source Verification for Overseas Doctors](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6fc38c8d-f182-4aa7-a7c9-d9e187a10d41): General Medical Council \(GMC\)

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3091d543-28ae-4c8d-81de-f768033ac857-542410)