# 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: Dataflow Verification Services \(UK\) Ltd
- Award value: £1
- Tender value: £1
- Award date: 9 September 2022
- Published: 4 January 2023
- Contract start: 10 September 2022
- Contract end: 9 September 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: ec02f0ff-49a5-440d-ac9e-9e75469633f1-602952
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-add79cd1-2950-4abd-bb7e-da5e74c87d99

## 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/ec02f0ff-49a5-440d-ac9e-9e75469633f1-602952)