# External Legal Services \(Solicitors - England and Wales\)

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [General Medical Council \(GMC\)](/buyers/general-medical-council-gmc/contract-awards)
- Published: 1 March 2019
- Planned start: 16 May 2019
- Planned end: 15 May 2023
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 8ee81478-f009-4f2b-a9d9-c08270584626-273177
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4a55f0ba-e472-4447-8d9f-135785df7a96

## Description

The GMC has a substantial and well established in-house legal team\. The in-house legal team carries out the majority of the legal work for the GMC in relation to the exercise of its core statutory functions\. It is now the sole provider of legal services in respect of the investigation of cases in relation to individual medical practitioners, as well as the conduct on behalf of the GMC of resultant cases before the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service \(MPTS\) and litigation before the courts of England and Wales\.

## 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/8ee81478-f009-4f2b-a9d9-c08270584626-273177)