# Secure Printing and Exam Paper Processing

> 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: Stephen Austin and Sons Ltd
- Award value: £750,000
- Tender value: £750,000
- Award date: 30 December 2019
- Published: 6 April 2020
- Contract start: 1 January 2020
- Contract end: 31 December 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: af5fcfd5-834d-492f-92b3-a3d0bf029592-353305
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-dbcc621f-eb27-4a1c-ab1b-3bdbf7f47931

## Description

The assessment run by the GMC known as the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board \('PLAB'\) test is the main route by which doctors qualified outside the UK and European Economic Area \(international medical graduates or 'IMGs'\) demonstrate that they have the knowledge and skills to practise in the UK\. The test is set at the level expected of a doctor at the first day of a Foundation Year 2 appointment, which is normally one year after qualifying as a doctor\. The test is in two Parts\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/af5fcfd5-834d-492f-92b3-a3d0bf029592-353305)