# Primary Source Verification for Overseas Doctors

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [General Medical Council \(GMC\)](/buyers/general-medical-council-gmc/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: The DataFlow Group
- Award value: £250,000
- Tender value: £250,000
- Award date: 5 September 2019
- Published: 2 October 2019
- Contract start: 10 September 2019
- Contract end: 9 September 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 73bd1bfb-a1fc-4b1b-944d-18cbccc3af98-317410
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3907de70-0c37-4b6a-815c-f80e8f69425f

## Description

The Registration Information team conducts verification checks on doctors' qualifications where there is a requirement to do so\. Two types of checks are conducted:\* Monthly post-grant checks of the primary medical qualifications of a random sample of European applicants granted registration in the last month\.\* Ad hoc checks of the medical qualifications of any GMC registrant, where a concern is raised about such qualifications\.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\.

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- [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/73bd1bfb-a1fc-4b1b-944d-18cbccc3af98-317410)