# Secure Printing and Results Processing for Registration Exams

> 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: Secure & Confidential Documents Limited
- Award value: £2,700,000
- Tender value: £2,700,000
- Award date: 29 September 2023
- Published: 23 February 2024
- Contract start: 1 October 2023
- Contract end: 30 September 2029
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: a3f4f12a-3bf9-4242-8b5d-d89d22d577f5-726350
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-36f7bdca-ef74-4e66-b1e7-afbb7e27ebd1

## 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\. At some point during the life of the contract the exam will be re-named and will become Medical Licensing Assessment \(MLA\) for international medical graduates\.

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- [Secure printing \(GMC310\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9a549bd3-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b): General Medical Council \(GMC\)

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a3f4f12a-3bf9-4242-8b5d-d89d22d577f5-726350)