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CDW LIMITED

CDW Omnissa Intelligence

Improve user experience, optimize resources and strengthen security and compliance across your entire digital workspace. Omnissa Intelligence provides deep insights and app analytics into the entire digital workspace, and offers powerful automation that together increase user experience, help optimize resources, and strengthen security and compliance across the entire environment.

Features

  • Unified Visibility - mobile, desktop, virtual
  • App Adoption
  • Rich Visualization
  • App Performance
  • Monitor digital workspace metrics that impact employee experience
  • Proactively identify end-user issues, perform root cause analysis, provide fix
  • Configure a powerful, modern, low-code workflow orchestration platform
  • Discover and respond to new security threats and vulnerabilities
  • Aggregate threat data such as CVE lists, fix with automation
  • Continuously verify risk based on user behavior and device context

Benefits

  • Manage complexity and security without compromising on experience
  • Quickly resolve issues that can impact user experience
  • Easily monitor device and app usage to optimize resources
  • Detect and automatically remediate security vulnerabilities

Pricing

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

4 2 8 9 6 3 2 6 4 6 3 1 7 3 9

Contact

CDW LIMITED Andy Wood
Telephone: 0161 837 7744
Email: tenders@uk.cdw.com

About your service

Service categories

Systems Infrastructure Software

Security

  • Security analytics
Multi cloud support
No

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
Yes
What software services is the service an extension to
"Omnissa Workspace ONE UEM.

Authorize Omnissa Intelligence to connect and share data with a third-party services in the Integrations area. Services include connecting to other systems in your Workspace ONE deployment, automation services, and trust network services. "
Cloud deployment model
Hybrid cloud
Service constraints
"Before you can use Omnissa Intelligence
features, you must turn on Reports powered by
Omnissa Intelligence (different from
Workspace ONE UEM reporting). You must then
install the Omnissa Intelligence Connector
service (also known as the ETL installer)."
System requirements
  • Supported Workspace ONE UEM console version.
  • Intelligence admin role must be configured in UEM.
  • Customer-level Organization Group required in UEM.
  • UEM API Service Key access required.
  • Firewall access is required to new Omnissa-owned domains.

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Yes
Support response times
"We provide a range of targeted response times depending upon the severity of your request, with resolution times dependent on the nature of the reported problem, changes in customer operating environments, etc.

Severity 1 Incident (initial response time): 30 minutes or less 
Severity 2 Incident (initial response time): 4 business hours 
Severity 3 Incident (initial response time): 8 business hours 
NOTE: All response times are initial response times only"
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
Yes
Online ticketing support accessibility
None or don’t know
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support
Yes
Web chat support availability
24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support accessibility standard
EN 301 549
Web chat accessibility testing
We have an in-house team that evaluates all products against the WCAG 2.1 AA/EN 301 549 guidelines. This team is dedicated to addressing accessibility requirements and fostering an accessibility culture throughout our product development process, from the design phase to implementation.
Onsite support
No
Support levels
The Omnissa Support Services Team offers technical assistance to IT administrators for the solution. Our support team can be contacted via web or phone with response targets based upon incident severity. We provide support including a managed knowledge base, customer forum community, phone support, screen sharing and onsite servicesWith support centers around the world, we can offer 24/7/365 access for SaaS Severity 1 issues. Cost is contingent on support/tier level selected for all licenses.
Support available to third parties
Yes
AI chatbot
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
"Omnissa provides a comprehensive pre-installation
checklist that includes all network and technical
requirements that must be satisfied to help ensure
a successful implementation. Our Account
Executives and Professional Services team
members will support you throughout the entire
process, from pre-implementation meetings
through the final hand-off to our Global Support
Team.

Upon the successful completion of all
implementation deliverables, you can continue to
leverage our breadth of professional services
resources in the form of our global Support
Services, extensive technical documentation and
robust knowledgebase .

Access a comprehensive
and easily accessible catalog of training
resources that provides varying levels of product
knowledge and technical expertise, depending on
the administrator role.

Options include on demand access to product documentation,
instructional videos, online forums and instructor led training courses."
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
  • HTML
  • PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
Following expiration or termination of the Agreement, Omnissa will delete or return to Customer all Personal Data as set forth in the Data Processing Agreement. If Omnissa is required by applicable law to retain Personal Data, Omnissa will implement reasonable measures to prevent any further processing. The terms of this DPA will continue to apply to that retained Personal Data.
End-of-contract process
Following expiration or termination of the Agreement, Omnissa will delete or return to Customer all Personal Data as set forth in the Data Processing Agreement. If Omnissa is required by applicable law to retain Personal Data, Omnissa will implement reasonable measures to prevent any further processing. The terms of this DPA will continue to apply to that retained Personal Data.
Documentation accessibility standard
None or don’t know
How the documentation is accessible
"Omnissa provides accessible onboarding and offboarding documentation through its centralized Omnissa Product Documentation portal, where all Omnissa Access materials are organized by product and use case. This unified library allows customers to easily find step‑by‑step setup, configuration, integration, and lifecycle guidance for components such as Omnissa Access, Workspace ONE UEM, Horizon, and related platform services.

Documentation for onboarding is structured to support administrators throughout initial setup and environment preparation. Reference architecture chapters help customers understand how components integrate and how to configure them during onboarding.

Offboarding and decommissioning support is also accessible through the same documentation ecosystem, which includes configuration references, component removal guidance, and integration information needed when retiring services or reconfiguring the environment. All content is continuously updated, ensuring customers always receive current guidance."

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
Application to install
Yes
Compatible operating systems
  • Android
  • IOS
  • Linux or Unix
  • MacOS
  • Windows
  • Other
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
"Omnissa Intelligence is accessed through a desktop web console.
Mobile devices contribute analytics through the Intelligent Hub or Intelligence SDK, but no separate mobile interface exists."
Service interface
Yes
User support accessibility
None or don’t know
Description of service interface
"The user interface is simple, intuitive and
responsive. Interactive dashboards, advanced
filters, search options and customizable user
preferences provide IT administrators the
information they need to make decisions."
Accessibility standards
None or don’t know
Description of accessibility
"Omnissa strives to make its technology accessible so that all users, regardless of ability, can access, engage with, and benefit from our products. We are committed to creating products that improve usability and accessibility for all customers, with or without a disability.

Supports major assistive technologies, including NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, TalkBack, switch controls, and external keyboards across web and mobile experiences.

Meets WCAG 2.1AA accessibility criteria including color contrast, text resizing, text spacing, descriptive labels, and fully operable keyboard navigation.

Provides accessible multimedia, ensuring synced closed captions, text transcripts, extended audio descriptions, avoidance of flashing content that may cause harm.
Accessibility testing
"Compatibility testing with screen readers and assistive tech: Interfaces are tested against NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, TalkBack, and other automated tools.

Products are evaluated for full keyboard operability and clear focus indicators.

Teams develop and test against WCAG 2.1 AA (e.g., color contrast, text resizing, text spacing, descriptive labels).

An in‑house team validates products through design and implementation to foster an accessibility culture"
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
Users can access Omnissa Intelligence data through documented REST APIs, including querying entities and metrics, and creating, running, scheduling, and downloading reports. API access is established by creating a service account and obtaining an access token. Users can integrate Intelligence workflows with external services using these APIs. However, core service setup (enabling Intelligence, configuring connectors, or managing roles and permissions) cannot be performed via API and must be completed in the console. API usage also requires an enabled Intelligence tenant integrated with Omnissa Workspace ONE UEM and is subject to documented API call limits.
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
  • HTML
  • Other
API sandbox or test environment
No
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
"Configure the data widgets display with filters,
charts and diagrams, and parameters on My
Dashboard.

Edit, copy and add widgets using
templates to streamline key performance
indicators analysis for your Workspace ONE
deployment.

Delete, resize, and move widgets
anywhere on My Dashboard to display key
deployment health analysis and trends.

Widgets include but are not limited to these listed types:
Apps, Devices, OS Updates, App Launches, and
User logins. Use blank templates as the base for
creating custom widgets."

Scaling

Independence of resources
"Our solution meets strict requirements for high
availability and redundancy through load
balancing across multiple, geographically
disparate data centers. We eliminate any single
point of failure through the use of redundant
equipment, network, power and clustering of key
components."

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
"Device & Endpoint Metrics
- Health and stability (crashes, errors, KPIs)
- Boot time and OS stability metrics
- Hardware/software versions, location, and network information
- Virtual desktop and application performance metrics (Horizon)

Application Performance Metrics
- App performance and usage data (foreground events, crashes, load times, etc.)
- Mobile app analytics from apps instrumented with the Intelligence SDK

User & Identity Metrics
- User activity insights (login behavior, app/desktops used, durations)
- Experience metrics affecting user productivity (DEX)

Network and Connectivity Metrics
- Network performance, connection health, and Wi-Fi metrics.

Security & Risk Metrics
-Threat Analytics
-User risk scores"
Reporting types
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request
Resource tagging
Yes
FOCUS resource tagging
No

Resellers

Supplier type
Reseller (no extras)
Organisation whose services are being resold
Omnissa

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Other security clearance
Government security clearance
None

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
United Kingdom
User control over data storage and processing locations
Yes
Datacentre security standards
Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 4.0)
Penetration testing frequency
At least once a year
Penetration testing approach
Another external penetration testing organisation
Protecting data at rest
  • Physical access control, complying with SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
  • Other
Other data at rest protection approach
"Workspace ONE Intelligence leverages native
AWS capabilities to encrypt data at rest
"
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Equipment disposal approach
Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001
Data sanitisation type
  • Deleted data can’t be directly accessed / Cryptographic Erasure
  • Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation / Secure Erase

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
"Customers can run reports on demand or
schedule reports to run. Export Intelligence
reports via CSV format from the console at any
time."
Data export formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data export formats
XLSX
Data import formats
Other
Other data import formats
JSON

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • Legacy SSL and TLS (under version 1.2)
  • Other
Other protection between networks
Data in transit is protected using TLS 1.2 or higher with AES‑256 encryption. TLS 1.3 is supported and preferred. Legacy SSL/TLS versions may be enabled only for compatibility with older customer systems but are disabled by default in new deployments. Data at rest is encrypted using AES‑256, and additional endpoint protections include clearing cookies on exit and encrypting cache and history on Workspace ONE Web for Android and iOS.
Data protection within supplier network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
  • Other
Other protection within supplier network
"Workspace ONE Intelligence uses AWS services,
including VPCs, to architect the SaaS
environment. Additional information would be
confidential and requires potential customers to
reach out to Omnissa."

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
Omnissa Access and Hub Services is covered under the Omnissa Cloud Services SLA, which guarantees 99.9% uptime per month for the Intelligence console.
Approach to resilience
"Our solution meets strict requirements for high
availability and redundancy through load
balancing across multiple, geographically
disparate data centers. We eliminate any single
point of failure through the use of redundant
equipment, network, power and clustering of key
components."
Outage reporting
"In the unlikely event of a security incident, we will notify the appropriate customer IT stakeholders. Email announcements will maintain open lines of
communication between support staff and customers regarding change management events, incident events and problem events.

- We will provide at least five days’ or as much advance
notice as possible via email of maintenance
windows. "

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
  • Username or password
  • Other
Other user authentication
Omnissa authenticates users through a Zero‑Trust access model that continuously verifies identity, device posture, and network context. Authentication is performed using Omnissa Access, which supports single sign‑on, passwordless methods, built‑in or third‑party MFA, mobile SSO, and integration with external identity providers. Access decisions incorporate risk signals from users, devices, applications, and networks to ensure secure, adaptive authentication before granting access to services.
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
"Omnissa retains a formal Access Control policy that
include roles and responsibilities for Asset
Owners, Asset Custodians and Users to help
ensure proper access to information assets.

Strong passwords are required for access to
production environments and corporate
resources. Password policies are developed
according to industry best practices and are
technically enforced through Active Directory.

All access privileges are technically enforced
using role-based access control, separation of
duties and the principle of least privileges.

Production environment access requires two-factor authentication, is secured by VPN using AD
credentials and is restricted to authorized members of applicable teams."
Access restriction testing frequency
At least once a year
Management access authentication
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
  • Username or password
  • Other
Description of management access authentication
Administrators authenticate through the Omnissa Access console, which requires validated credentials and follows configured authentication methods such as password‑based login, certificate authentication, Kerberos, RSA SecurID, or RADIUS, with options for chained multi‑factor flows. Access decisions also incorporate device, network, and contextual risk signals under Omnissa’s Zero‑Trust model to ensure only authorized administrators can manage the environment.

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
Users have access to real-time audit information
How long user audit data is stored for
Between 6 months and 12 months
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users contact the support team to get audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
Between 1 month and 6 months
How long system logs are stored for
At least 12 months

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
No
Security governance approach
"The Omnissa Information Security Program leverages guidance from industry best practices and regulatory standards, including NIST SP 800-53 and ISO/IEC 27001. We maintain our own Information Security Program and Policies to protect customer data hosted in our systems and perform annual reviews and audits of our program to ensure the integrity of our hosted offering.

"
Information security policies and processes
"Our Information Security Program is modeled
using industry best practices and regulatory
standards, including NIST SP 800-53 and ISO
27001. We maintain our own Information Security
Program and Policies to protect customer data
hosted in our systems and perform annual
reviews and audits of our program to ensure the
integrity of our hosted offering.
- The Omnissa Information Security team manages the
enforcement, development, and maintenance of
information security policies and standards to
ensure Omnissa Information Assets are preserved
in a security environment, in accordance with
generally accepted best practices, focusing on Omnissa business and risk objectives. The Omnissa Information Security Team is responsible for updating policies as threats and technologies change, initiating and managing periodic reviews
of the information security policies and standards, as well as evaluating exceptions to information
security policy and standards.
- Our Information Security team oversees organizational
compliance while team leads in conjunction with
IT and HR teams help enforce department-level
compliance."
Software Security Code of Practice
No

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
"We maintain a documented Configuration Management policy based on industry best practices to harden SaaS environment and Change Control Policy to manage changes to SaaS environment.

Changes to Configuration Management policy are processed through Change Management policy.

Change Management includes approval, testing, implementation and rollback.

Support staff members initiate change through change control form, which Change Advisory Board team reviews for completeness, impact and scheduling.

Severity level of change is then categorized. Once
form is approved, change is scheduled and alert
is released to necessary groups; once change is
made, it is tested, validated and closed."
Vulnerability management type
Supplier-defined controls
Vulnerability management approach
"Regular internal and external vulnerability
assessments tests performed against the SaaS
environment - Risk methodology based on NIST
standards, including:
- Identifying and characterizing threats
- Assessing the vulnerability of critical assets to specific threats
- Determining risk (i.e., expected likelihood and consequences of attacks)
- Identifying ways to reduce risks
- Prioritizing risk reduction measures based on strategy"
Protective monitoring type
Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
Protective monitoring approach
"Our cloud support staff have configured the system to notify IT personnel if the central processing unit (CPU) utilization is too high, disk space limited, memory issues, key service failures, bandwidth utilization, power consumption, or other performance items.

- IT Operations has subscriptions to pertinent vendor
security and bug-tracking mailing lists.
- After analyzing the severity and impact, network, utility
and security equipment is patched or upgraded. "
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
"We maintain an Incident Management Plan as
part of our Information Security Program.
Incidents are reported to and resolved by the
appropriate Cloud Operations team and by senior
management where needed.
- Alerts, responses and resolutions are tracked through completion.
- In the unlikely event of an incident, we will notify
customers within two business days of any
customer data that is affected.
- Incident logs are reviewed by applicable support personnel for
analysis and remediation to avoid further incidents of similar type. All remediation actions are reviewed and approved by our Information Security Governance Committee."
Post-quantum cryptography secure
No

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Conforms to a recognised standard, but self-assessed

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
No

Pricing

Discount for educational organisations
Yes
Free trial available
Yes
Description of free trial
We encourage the use of our TestDrive trial environment as part of customer acceptance strategy. TestDrive enables you to review all solution functionality across Workspace ONE. Support for Android, iOS, Windows and Macs. Time limits vary.
Link to free trial
https://testdrive.omnissa.com/ AND https://techzone.omnissa.com/?share=demo6297&title=omnissa-access-overview-tours

Discount percentage by annual call-off contract value (excluding VAT)

Less than £250,000
0%
Between £250,000 and £500,000
0%
Between £500,001 and £1,000,000
0.5%
Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000
1%
Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000
2%
Over £5,000,001
2.5%

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
BSI
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
Tuesday 15 July 2025
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
N/A
ISO 28000:2022 certification
No
ISO 9001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification
BSI
ISO 9001 accreditation date
Friday 14 July 2023
What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover
N/A
Quality management systems (QMS)
Yes
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
Yes
Who accredited the PCI DSS certification
Worldpay
PCI DSS accreditation date
Tuesday 11 March 2025
What the PCI DSS doesn’t cover
N/A
Cyber essentials
Yes
Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
589cb06d-71a8-43f6-81a1-eda062104f56
Cyber essentials plus
Yes
Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
4f861f6b-f0f0-44fa-a807-6049b0d9bfdc
Other security certifications
No

Social value

Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery
  • 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

    • New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
    • New apprenticeships on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b
    • 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
    • Plans to engage the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace issues to address
    • Ensuring new workers are informed of their right to join a trade union
    • Monitoring of employee engagement rates (by protected characteristic) and, where necessary, the development of actions to ensure all voices are heard across the diversity of the workforce
    • 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
    • Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about, and feel empowered to, address their physical wellbeing
    • Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about and feel empowered to report and address bullying and harassment
    • Activities to cascade good practice on fair working conditions throughout the supply chain
    • Offer a pay and leave entitlement to all eligible staff who become kinship carers, ideally equivalent to statutory adoption pay and leave
    • Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
    • Monitoring and reporting of gender and ethnicity pay gaps and plans to address them where necessary
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
    • Volunteering opportunities for staff
    • 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
    • Measures to identify, mitigate and manage modern slavery risks relating to the contract and how these will be implemented
    • 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
    • How these flow down the supply chain and are monitored Illustrative examples include reporting, site visits, audits, etc.
    • How to ensure business decisions re: price/cost, short lead times, payment timescales do not create modern slavery risks in the supply chain
    • Means of influencing staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders with respect to modern slavery risks relating to the contract
  • 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.

    • 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
    • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
    • 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
    • Delivery of apprenticeships, supported internships and T Level industry placement opportunities (Level 2, 3 and 4+) in relation to the contract
  • 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

    • Understanding of the types of businesses in the market and the level of participation by new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
    • Activities to identify opportunities to open up sub-contracts under the prime contract to a diverse range of businesses, including new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
    • Plans for engaging a diverse range of businesses in engagement activities prior to appointing subcontractors (including activities prior to award of the main contract and during the contract term)
    • Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain
    • Ensuring accessibility to contracting and subcontracting opportunities for disabled business owners and employees
    • Structuring of the supply chain selection process to ensure fairness (e.g. anti-corruption) and encourages participation by a diverse range of businesses, including with regard to new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutual
    • Understanding of local demographics, needs and opportunities for the co-design of the goods, services and works to be delivered under the contract
    • Methods for engaging with different parts of the community (including the education system and charities representing the community) and how communities come together to inform decisions, strategy and projects to leave a positive legacy for future generations
    • Plans for positive actions with community groups.
    • Measures for making facilities used in the delivery of the contract available for community groups, education or training
    • 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
    • Collaborating with anchor institutions and community groups to make facilities available for education, training or community events
  • 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.

    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Understanding of how to influence staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders through the delivery of the contract to support climate and nature protection and improvement
    • Activities to reconnect people with the environment and increase awareness of ways to protect and enhance it
  • 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

    • Understanding of employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
    • Creation of employment opportunities particularly for those who face barriers to employment, such as prison leavers, care leavers and/or who are located in deprived areas, and for people in industries with known skills shortages or in high growth sectors
    • 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)
    • Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
    • 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
    • Collection of the views and expertise of disabled people and their representative organisations on successfully supporting disabled employees or applicants
    • 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
    • Introducing transparency to pay and reward processes
    • Offering a range of quality opportunities with routes of progression if appropriate, e.g. T Level industry placements, students supported into higher level apprenticeships.
    • Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
    • 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
    • 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
    • Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
  • 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.

    • Understanding of the issues affecting the development of new skills by target cohort
    • 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
    • Other measures to offer development opportunities for the target cohort(s) in the contract workforce
    • Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
    • Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce
    • Creation of outreach activities to create a pipeline of employees for the future contract delivery
    • Content of the outreach activity is designed to suit the target cohort
    • Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
  • 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.

    • Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
    • 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
    • Actions to invest in the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the contract workforce

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