# PLAB Examination Venue and Invigilation Services \(UK\)

> 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: VICTVS
- Award value: £750,000
- Tender value: £750,000
- Award date: 26 February 2020
- Published: 6 April 2020
- Contract start: 24 February 2020
- Contract end: 23 February 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 46a147ff-2011-444c-a174-ac43fe1dfa5e-353308
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7ecc680e-daf4-4178-ac49-fcb4842f26c1

## Description

The Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board \(PLAB\) test is the main route by which International Medical Graduates \(IMGs\) demonstrate that they have the necessary skills and knowledge to practise medicine in the UK\.We run the Part 1, written exam four times a year in the UK and overseas\. Exam dates are planned up to a year in advance\. Examinations in the UK close one week before the exam date\. The overseas exam closes four weeks before the exam date\. The exam runs from 10\.00-13\.00hrs UK time\.

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- [Provision of Invigilation Services - 2018](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e2ff170d-8599-46f5-a2e3-9abaaac9c933): Health & Safety Executive
- [THE PROVISION OF INVIGILATORS TO HSE](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-73df457d-8cd8-4c30-9222-09a224227fc9): Health & Safety Executive

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/46a147ff-2011-444c-a174-ac43fe1dfa5e-353308)