CIVITEQ TRADING LIMITED
Options Appraisal
Civiteq’s Options Appraisal service provides independent, system-agnostic evaluation of digital, ERP and cloud solutions. The service supports requirements definition, market assessment, financial modelling and governance-ready recommendations, helping public sector organisations make evidence-based investment decisions with reduced risk, transparency and confidence.
Features
- Requirements gathering and business needs analysis
- Market research and vendor benchmarking
- Evaluation criteria, scoring and weighting models
- Market engagement and supplier response analysis
- Solution demonstrations and proof-of-concept validation
- Total cost, ROI and financial modelling
- Risk assessment and mitigation planning
- Stakeholder workshops and decision alignment
- Governance-ready recommendations and roadmaps
- Other categories: Set Up and Migration
Benefits
- Enables informed, evidence-based investment decisions
- Reduces delivery risk through independent evaluation
- Improves transparency and governance assurance
- Identifies best-fit solutions aligned to organisational needs
- Reduces vendor bias and procurement risk
- Improves cost control and return on investment
- Builds stakeholder confidence and consensus
- Accelerates progression to procurement and delivery
- Provides a clear, defensible recommended option
Architecture roles
Business architect
| £575.00 |
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| £975.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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Data architect
| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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| £1,750.00 |
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Enterprise architect
| £875.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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| £1,750.00 |
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Solution architect
| £575.00 |
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| £975.00 |
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| £1,450.00 |
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| £1,750.00 |
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| £1,750.00 |
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Technical architect
| £875.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,450.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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| £1,750.00 |
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Chief digital and data roles
Chief data officer
| £2,500.00 |
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Chief information security officer
| £2,500.00 |
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Chief technology officer
| £2,500.00 |
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Cyber security roles
Cyber security audit and assurance
| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,450.00 |
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Cyber security governance and risk management
| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,450.00 |
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Data roles
Analytics engineer
| £575.00 |
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| £575.00 |
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| £975.00 |
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| £1,450.00 |
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| £1,450.00 |
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Data analyst
| £575.00 |
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| £875.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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Data engineer
| £875.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,450.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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Data governance manager
| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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| £1,750.00 |
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Performance analyst
| £575.00 |
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| £875.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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| £1,750.00 |
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IT operations roles
Business relationship manager
| £575.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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IT service manager
| £575.00 |
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| £875.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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Service desk manager
| £575.00 |
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| £875.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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Service transition manager
| £575.00 |
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| £575.00 |
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| £875.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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Product and delivery roles
Business analyst
| £575.00 |
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| £575.00 |
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| £875.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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| £1,750.00 |
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Delivery manager
| £575.00 |
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| £875.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,750.00 |
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Digital portfolio manager
| £875.00 |
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| £875.00 |
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| £1,450.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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Product manager
| £875.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,450.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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| £1,750.00 |
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Programme delivery manager
| £1,600.00 |
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Quality assurance testing (QAT) roles
Quality assurance testing (QAT) analyst
| £575.00 |
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| £875.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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Test engineer
| £575.00 |
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| £875.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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Test manager
| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,750.00 |
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User-centred design roles
Accessibility specialist
| £575.00 |
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| £875.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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Content designer
| £575.00 |
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| £575.00 |
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| £875.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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| £1,750.00 |
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Service designer
| £575.00 |
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| £575.00 |
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| £875.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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| £1,750.00 |
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User researcher
| £575.00 |
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| £575.00 |
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| £875.00 |
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| £1,150.00 |
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| £1,600.00 |
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| £1,750.00 |
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Non-mandatory Standards and certifications
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ISO/IEC 27001 certification
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Yes
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Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
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SOCOTEC Certification UK Limited
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ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
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Friday 7 March 2025
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What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
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Everything outside the scope of activities: provision of independent and expert consultancy advice and transformation services for public and private sectors in the UK.
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ISO 28000:2022 certification
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No
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ISO 9001 certification
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Yes
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Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification
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SOCOTEC Certification UK Limited
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ISO 9001 accreditation date
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Friday 7 March 2025
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What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover
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Everything outside the scope of activities: provision of independent and expert consultancy advice and transformation services for public and private sectors in the UK.
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Quality management systems (QMS)
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Yes
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CSA STAR certification
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No
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PCI certification
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No
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Cyber essentials
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No
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Cyber Essentials Alternative
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You do not have a current and valid Cyber Essentials certificate, or will not have in place within 12 months of the date of award but have an IASME certified equivalent.
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Cyber essentials plus
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Yes
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Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
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05f8403a-fd5d-4724-bd3e-0fa4737adade
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Other security certifications
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No
Social value
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Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery
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Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 1: Fair work: That offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country. Notes: Where there is a large proportion of labour costs in the contract, commercial teams should consider MAC in Outcome 1 as a priority
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Providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified
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Employment contracts that reflect actual hours worked; steps taken to ensure employees understand their contracts and have the ability to review and adjust them if actual hours regularly exceed contracted hours
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Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about, and feel empowered to, address their physical wellbeing
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Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about and feel empowered to report and address bullying and harassment
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Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
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Entitlement to sick pay for the contract workforce, with provision in place for any staff who do not meet the earnings threshold for statutory sick pay, payment of sick pay from day one of absence and payment of staff on the contract workforce who are off sick a replacement income of 100% of their usual earnings for as long as possible
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Plans for an appropriate income replacement policy for staff who are required to spend time away from work to care for a sick dependent or close relative
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Understanding of in-work progression issues affecting the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
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Measures to support in-work progression to help people in the contract workforce, to move into higher paid work by developing new skills relevant to the contract
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Support for the contract workforce by providing career advice, and providing opportunities for staff working on the contract with in-work progression career development into known skills shortages or high growth areas
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Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
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Volunteering opportunities for staff
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Understanding of the modern slavery risks and issues affecting the market, industry, sector or country (of origin or of source) relevant to the contract, and the workforce in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key subcontractors
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Measures to identify, mitigate and manage modern slavery risks relating to the contract and how these will be implemented
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Outline policies and practices to be applied to or put in place for the contract to mitigate and manage modern slavery risks, including: Pre-employment checks, recruitment practices. Workplace conditions, safeguarding plans and processes in place and regular monitoring with relevant groups considered, which may include sampling
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How these flow down the supply chain and are monitored Illustrative examples include reporting, site visits, audits, etc.
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How to ensure business decisions re: price/cost, short lead times, payment timescales do not create modern slavery risks in the supply chain
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How the supplier will work with NGOs, trade unions or other businesses to address modern slavery risk
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Means of influencing staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders with respect to modern slavery risks relating to the contract
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Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 2: Skills for growth: Supporting growth sectors and addressing skills gaps.
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Understanding of employment and relevant skills issues, and of the education and training issues relating to the contract. Illustrative examples: demographics, skills shortages, new opportunities in high growth sectors, geographic/local community and skills/employment challenges
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Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
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Activities to support relevant sector related skills growth and sustainability in the contract workforce. Illustrative examples: careers talks, curriculum support, literacy support, safety talks and volunteering
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Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 3: Resilient, innovative and flexible supply chains: Support economic growth through enabling resilient businesses, opportunities for small businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises
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Understanding of the types of businesses in the market and the level of participation by new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
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Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain
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Ensuring accessibility to contracting and subcontracting opportunities for disabled business owners and employees
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Understanding of local demographics, needs and opportunities for the co-design of the goods, services and works to be delivered under the contract
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Measures to involve local stakeholders and/or users in design (e.g. in the design of services, systems, products or buildings)
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Plans for positive actions with community groups.
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Measures to engage users and communities and build relationships to increase community integration build trust and influence how the contract is delivered
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Plans to respond flexibly and adapt approaches to community engagement and initiatives
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Support for community-led initiatives relevant to the contract. Illustrative examples: improving transport links; reducing loneliness; helping with English language proficiency; and facilitating social mixing among people with different backgrounds
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Mission: Make Britain a clean energy superpower: To cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero
Policy Outcome 4: Sustainable procurement practices: Reducing carbon footprints, minimising waste, and promoting the use of clean energy and green technologies.
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Understanding of opportunities for additional environmental benefits delivery in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
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Collaborative ways of working with the supply chain to deliver additional environmental benefits in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
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Delivery of additional environmental benefits through the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
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Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain
Policy Outcome 6: Employment and training: For those who face barriers to employment
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Understanding of employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
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Delivery of training schemes and programmes to address any identified skills gaps and under-representation in the workforce for the contract (e.g. prison leavers, care leavers, kinship carers, disabled people)
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Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
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Collection of the views and expertise of disabled people and their representative organisations on successfully supporting disabled employees or applicants
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Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, and retention-focused activities, including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
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Introducing transparency to pay and reward processes
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Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
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Other measures to provide equality of opportunity for disabled people and those with health conditions into employment, including becoming a Disability Confident employer and inclusion of supported businesses in the contract supply chain
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Understanding of the issues affecting inequality in employment, skills and pay in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors. Measures to tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce
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Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
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Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain
Policy Outcome 7: Creating a pipeline of opportunities: For the contract workforce, reducing barriers to entry for under-represented groups.
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Understanding of the issues affecting the development of new skills by target cohort
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Understanding of the underlying factors affecting improvements to reduce barriers to entry and training schemes for the target cohort(s) related to the contract workforce
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Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce
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Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future: That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.
Policy Outcome 8: Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: In the supply chain and communities in the relevant area.
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Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
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Understanding barriers to access to health and social care services or employment opportunities e.g. digital inclusion
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Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, development practices and retention policies that support-focused activities including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing which support people with a disability or health condition
Service documents
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