# Medical Licensing Assessment \(MLA\) - Applied Knowledge Test \(AKT\)

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [General Medical Council \(GMC\)](/buyers/general-medical-council-gmc/contract-awards)
- Published: 20 February 2020
- Planned start: 1 May 2020
- Planned end: 30 April 2029
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f029237b-2f3b-4702-9088-4efa723d3d4b-345291
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-20827f96-9872-4f00-bc09-678913eeee92

## Description

The General Medical Council \(GMC\) is the independent regulator for doctors in the UK\. Our role is to protect patients and improve medical education and practice across the UK\. We are introducing a national Medical Licensing Assessment \(MLA\) to demonstrate that those who obtain registration with a licence to practise medicine from us can meet a common threshold for safe practice of medicine in the UK\. There will be a staged implementation with the MLA fully established by 2023\.

## 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/f029237b-2f3b-4702-9088-4efa723d3d4b-345291)