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CDW NetApp CVO Azure

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP on Azure provides a secure, scalable, and cost‑effective software‑defined storage platform built on the ONTAP data management engine. Deployed natively in Azure, CVO delivers enterprise‑class storage capabilities including multiprotocol access, integrated data protection, high availability, and seamless workload mobility across hybrid environments.

Features

  • Software‑defined ONTAP storage deployed natively in Azure.
  • Multiprotocol NFS, SMB, and iSCSI data services.
  • ONTAP efficiencies: deduplication, compression, thin provisioning.
  • High‑availability deployment across Azure availability zones.
  • SnapMirror replication between on‑premises ONTAP and Azure.
  • Automated data tiering to Azure Blob Storage.
  • Ransomware protection using ARP and Snapshot copies.
  • Support for production workloads, file services, and databases.
  • Unified management and automation through NetApp Console.
  • Flexible licensing options.

Benefits

  • Simplifies cloud storage with familiar ONTAP workflows.
  • Reduces skill requirements through consistent hybrid operations.
  • Enhances performance using cloud‑native caching and tiering.
  • Enables migration without application redesign.
  • Cuts storage cost using ONTAP data efficiencies.
  • Strengthens security with Snapshot and ransomware protection.
  • Supports compliance with encryption and policy controls.
  • Improves resilience through Azure zone‑redundant HA.
  • Optimizes spend with automated blob tiering.
  • Reduces environmental impact through storage efficiencies.

Pricing

Service documents

Request an accessible format
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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

6 5 8 7 7 5 5 1 2 9 3 1 2 7 8

Contact

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

About your service

Service categories

IaaS

IaaS Storage

  • Object or Bucket
  • Block
  • File

Service scope

Service constraints
Replacement and expansion parts must be properly sourced via NetApp or valid partners (and is part of the standard support contract) for support to be valid.
System requirements
  • Cloud Volumes ONTAP limitations can be found here -
  • https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloud-volumes-ontap-9101-relnotes/
  • Reference-limitations.html#cloud-volumes-ontap-supports-reserved-and-on-demand-vm-instances
Cloud deployment model
  • Private cloud
  • Hybrid cloud

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Yes, at extra cost
Support response times
24x7 access to Cloud Support Engineers via phone, chat, and web. You can have an unlimited number of contacts that can open an unlimited amount of cases. Response times for general guidance is less than 24 hours, system impaired is less than 12 hours, production system impaired is less than 4 hours, production system down is less than an hour, and business critical system down is less than 15 minutes.
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
None or don’t know
How the web chat support is accessible
It is provided by Azure via their support pages. As NetApp does not own the documentation systems for this service please use the contact details here https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/accessibility/enterprise-answer-desk
Web chat accessibility testing
"Microsoft's consideration of EN 301 549 in the development of products and services points to its commitment to accessibility for all customers
https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/trust-center/compliance/accessibility"
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
"NetApp SupportEdge Services portfolio for cloud:

Support Edge Base for cloud:
Priority 1: 2 hours
•Priority 2: 4 hours
•Priority 3 or 4: Next business day

Support Edge Advisor for Cloud:
•Priority 1: 30 minutes
•Priority 2: 2 hours
•Priority 3 or 4: Next business day

All details can be found here -
https://www.netapp.com/media/78660-DS-4225-NetApp-SupportEdge-Cloud-Portfolio-datasheet.pdf"
Support available to third parties
Yes
AI chatbot
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
We have extensive documentation, best practice guides, in depth technical reports, web and in person instructor lead training courses, certification exams, yearly technical conferences, onsite bespoke training and knowledge sharing/handover/whiteboading sessions available.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
  • HTML
  • PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
All data is presented via industry standard data protocols (CIFS, SMB, NFS, FC, iSCSI, NVMe-oF, S3). Data can be copied off using any standard approach. File copies, host based migrations, etc. We do not lock customers into proprietary protocols or access methods. Every data serivce we support confirms to the industry standards and we are on many of the comitees that develop and maintain those standards.
End-of-contract process
Once the license term has expired, the system shuts itself down and ceases to serve data. The data itself is not deleted, so can be recovered by renewing the license, or destroyed by deleting the cloud infrastructure underpinning the virtual storage system.
Documentation accessibility standard
WCAG 2.2 AA

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Using the web interface
The web interface is for setup, management and operational oversight of the storage arrays. Admin users can be authenticated into the system via local accounts or AD authenticated account with optional MFA. Admin tasks can be locked to require multi-admin verifcation to protect against accidental changes or compromised admin accounts.
Web interface accessibility standard
WCAG 2.2 AA
Web interface accessibility testing
"The following applications / OS features have been tested.
Freedom Scientific JAWS 2024,
NVDA 2023.3,
Freedom Scientific ZoomText 2023,
MSFT Windows Accessibility Features,
and keyboard only controls.
We confirm with the success criteria as described in the VPAT"
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
All functionality is made available via our REST APIs, which are well documented. Our own on-box system manager GUI interacts with the storage array via these same APIs. They are native and built in. We have the largest collection of Ansible playbook modules for any storage vendor allow most admin tasks and setup work to be done via automation allowing the solution to confirm to an infrastructure as code management approach.
API automation tools
  • Ansible
  • Chef
  • OpenStack
  • SaltStack
  • Terraform
  • Puppet
  • Other
Other API automation tools
NetApp Workload Factory
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
  • Open API (also known as Swagger)
  • HTML
  • PDF
Command line interface
Yes
Command line interface compatibility
  • Linux or Unix
  • Windows
  • MacOS
  • Other
Using the command line interface
The CLI is the most feature rich aspect way to interact with the ONTAP operating system. All management tasks can be done via CLI, there are also extensive performance and capacity monitoring and reporting functions in the CLI. All interactions with the CLI and logged for audit purposes. There are no limitations to what the command line allows, unless restrictions are put in place on specified accounts using RBAC or MAV (multi-admin verification).

Scaling

Independence of resources
There are extensive quality of service features to set minimums or maximums per volume or workload to protect and delivery consistent service levels at all times.
Usage notifications
Yes
Usage reporting
  • API
  • Email
  • Other
Other usage reporting
An included full featured capacity and performance toolset can be installed to run alongside and monitor NetApp storage arrays called Unified Manager. This allows the creation of bespoke capacity or performance triggers and alerts via e-mail or SNMP alerts. It is also possible to send SNMP alerts and gather capacity and performance information via on-box APIs.
Optimising consumption
Yes
Automatic scaling
No

Analytics

Infrastructure or application metrics
Yes
Metrics types
  • CPU
  • Disk
  • Memory
  • Network
  • Number of active instances
  • Other
Other metrics
  • Per volume latency and QoS metrics.
  • Top talker end user compute sessions.
  • Full file sytem analytics.
  • Capcity and performance headroom and forecasting.
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
NetApp

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Other security clearance
Government security clearance
Developed Vetting (DV)

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
Encryption of all physical media
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

Backup and recovery

What’s backed up
  • File shares including EUC self-service restores.
  • Virtual machines including consistent snapshots and cross site DR.
  • Databases including application consistent recoveries without consistency checks being required.
  • Container persistent storage volumes.
  • VMware datastores at a datastore or VM level
Backup controls
Each storage volume can have a bespoke snapshot backup and replication backup schedule if required. Cross site replication and backup can preserve extended backups on the second site, up to 1023 snapshots with policy driven retention and multi faceted retention (e.g 36 hourly, 28 daily, 60 monthly snapshots retained)
Datacentre setup
Multiple datacentres
Scheduling backups
Users schedule backups through a web interface
Backup recovery
Users can recover backups themselves, for example through a web interface
Backup and recovery
Yes
RPO/RTO
Yes

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
  • Private network or public sector network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • Other
Other protection between networks
"End-to-end encryption: AES-256 bit at rest and TLS/HTTPS in flight, including CMK support
Secured connectivity: Private network connectivity between source and destination, along with proxy support
Secured control plane: Multi-tenancy, RBAC, MFA, and SOC2-type2 certified"
Data protection within supplier network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
  • Legacy SSL and TLS (under version 1.2)

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
"Guaranteed availability of 99.99%

If Microsoft do not achieve and maintain the Service Levels for each Service as described in the SLA, then a customer may be eligible for a credit towards a portion of their monthly service fees.

Terms including How to Claim can be found on the latest published SLA agreement below:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/sla/netapp/v1_1/"
Approach to resilience
"Whether it’s a single hardware node failure, a rack level failure, a datacenter outage, or a large-scale regional outage, Azure provides solutions that improve reliability with built in services.

Availability sets ensure that the virtual machines deployed on Azure are distributed across multiple isolated hardware nodes in a cluster. Availability zones protect customers’ applications and data from datacenter failures across multiple physical locations within a region.

Availability zones, which are separated groups of datacenters within a region. Availability zones are close enough to have low-latency connections to other availability zones. They're connected by a high-performance network with a round-trip latency of less than 2ms. However, availability zones are far enough apart to reduce the likelihood that more than one will be affected by local outages or weather and have independent power, cooling, and networking infrastructure. They're designed so that if one zone experiences an outage, then regional services, capacity, and high availability are supported by the remaining zones. They help your data stay synchronized and accessible when things go wrong.

Datacenter locations are selected by using rigorous vulnerability risk assessment criteria. This process identifies all significant datacenter-specific risks and considers shared risks between availability zones."
Outage reporting
The Azure Service Health dashboard keeps you informed about the health of your environment. It provides a personalized view of the status of your Azure services in the regions where they are used. The dashboard provides upcoming planned maintenance and relevant health advisories while allowing you to manage service health alerts.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
"Azure provides a comprehensive identity and access management model through Microsoft Entra ID, supported by Azure Role‑Based Access Control (RBAC).
This combination delivers centralized identity management, strong authentication, and fine‑grained, scope‑based permission control across cloud resources—ensuring secure, compliant, and least‑privilege access throughout the Azure environment."
Access restriction testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Management access authentication
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Other
Description of management access authentication
Management access is via a NetApp Consolel account, which is authenticated through an OpenID Provider (we use Auth0 as an identity hub). The application redirects the browser to Auth0, Auth0 authenticates the user and redirects the user to the app with an access_token in the hash fragment of the URI.
Devices users manage the service through
Dedicated device on a segregated network (providers own provision)

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 have access to real-time audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
Between 6 months and 12 months
How long system logs are stored for
Between 6 months and 12 months

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
Yes
Security governance standards
  • ISO/IEC 27001
  • Other
Other security governance standards
"NetApp's governance standards comply with several standards, including GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, SOC2, NIST SP800-171, and the requirements under the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS).
Privacy and data protection
HIPAA healthcare, PCI DSS for payment card security, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA). ""ISO/IEC27001 and ISO/IEC15408
Information security policies and processes
"NetApp follows a comprehensive suite of global Information Security policies and processes governed by our Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and implemented through the Global Security organisation. These include our enterprise‑wide Security Management Policy, Information Security Governance Policy, and the full Global Security Policy Repository, which defines mandatory controls, standards, and procedures for safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all systems and data. Our processes encompass continuous risk assessment, secure‑by‑design engineering via the Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL), formal vulnerability management and public PSIRT advisories, incident response, and strict compliance with internationally recognised standards such as ISO/IEC 27001. This governance framework ensures a consistent, audited, and proactively managed security posture across all NetApp products, services, and operations.NetApp uses industry-standard source code control methods (implemented using the (third-party) Perforce product). We use industry-standard bug-tracking methods implemented using a home-grown tool known as BURT. Release Management consists of a closely monitored interaction between these two tools and industry-standard development methods along with source code review and development change control cycles. ""Please see
https://netapp-security.trustshare.com/home
and https://security.netapp.com/policy/ to find out about NetApp's approach to product security processes and policy."""

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
Configuration and change management approach
"Changes to Azure services and features follow secure software development practices, including security risk reviews prior to launch. Developer access to production environments is via explicit access system requests, subject to owner review and authorisation.

Teams set bespoke change management standards per service, underpinned by standard Azure guidelines.

All production environment changes are reviewed, tested and approved. Stages include design, documentation, implementation (including rollback procedures), testing (non-production environment), peer to peer review (business impact/technical rigour/code), final approval by authorised party.

Emergency changes follow Azure incident response procedures. Exceptions to change management processes are documented and escalated to Azure management."
Vulnerability management type
Supplier-defined controls
Vulnerability management approach
"Changes to Azure services and features follow secure software development practices, including security risk reviews prior to launch. Developer access to production environments is via explicit access system requests, subject to owner review and authorisation.

Teams set bespoke change management standards per service, underpinned by standard Azure guidelines.

All production environment changes are reviewed, tested and approved. Stages include design, documentation, implementation (including rollback procedures), testing (non-production environment), peer to peer review (business impact/technical rigour/code), final approval by authorised party.

Emergency changes follow Azure incident response procedures. Exceptions to change management processes are documented and escalated to Azure management."
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
"NetApp runs a continuous security monitoring service that analyses and processes numerous logs, comparing those against threat intelligence feeds and employing machine learning to identify unexpected (and potentially malicious) activity. Response processes and timelines depend on the severity of the event. Additionally, user access is ‘least privilege’ based, requires multi-factor authentication and is regularly reviewed.
For more information please see: https://security.netapp.com/policy/"
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
Microsoft cloud services are continuously monitored for signs of compromise. In addition to automated security monitoring and alerting, all employees receive annual training to recognize and report signs of potential security incidents. Any suspicious activity detected by employees, customers, or security monitoring tools are escalated to Service-specific Security Response teams for investigation. All service operations teams, including Service-specific Security Response teams, maintain a deep on-call rotation to ensure resources are available for incident response 24x7x365. Our on-call rotations enable Microsoft to mount an effective incident response at any time or scale, including widespread or concurrent events.
Post-quantum cryptography secure
Yes

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v4.0)

Separation between users

Virtualisation technology used to keep applications and users sharing the same infrastructure apart
Yes
Who implements virtualisation
Supplier
Virtualisation technologies used
Hyper-V
How shared infrastructure is kept separate
Traditional public cloud model, tenants separated by virtualization security or physical depending on services levels

Energy efficiency

Energy-efficient datacentres
No

Pricing

Discount for educational organisations
No
Free trial available
No

Discount

Provide your minimum discount applicable to your baseline prices
0%

Formula for calculating price of your services

Formula for calculating price of your services

Which of the core deployment models you intend to offer

Public Cloud

Public Cloud - Formula for calculating price of your services


Total Cost
The Total Cost for a buyer's call off requirement in a Public Cloud Deployment
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Baseline Pricing
As a reseller of public cloud services from several public cloud service providers, including Microsoft, AWS, NetApp and Veeam, Buyers will be able to find a full catalogue of services and baseline pricing on each of the vendor's publicly accessible websites (all links entered below). Buyers can view baseline pricing for the individual service that they require and are also able to build service estimates using the baseline pricing where one or more services are required. The estimates allows the Buyer to configure a baseline quote for the required services to the required/desired specification. Additionally, all CDW services listings in Lot 1a also include a price document that provides Buyers with access to baseline pricing.

Links to the full catalogue of available services and baseline pricing for proposed vendors are:

Microsoft:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/pricing/#Pricing-by-product

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/pricing/calculator/

Amazon Web Services (AWS): https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/

https://calculator.aws/#/estimate

NetApp: https://www.netapp.com/pricing/

Veeam: https://www.veeam.com/products/veeam-data-cloud/purchasing-options.html
Baseline Pricing - Web link
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/pricing/#Pricing-by-product
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Minimum Discounting
0%
+
Onboarding Activity
Onboarding costs may vary based on your specific requirements, please confirm with suppliers during the clarification process
+
Additional sources of cost
Additional sources of cost that may relate to a Buyer contracting for services in this deployment model could include:

•Ongoing support: Some Buyers may require additional support in managing their cloud infrastructure once the services are operational. CDW can provide IaaS/PaaS ongoing management support through our CloudCare managed services, which is an additional cost consisting of an initial CapEx cost and ongoing costs which are calculated based on a percentage of the Buyer’s monthly consumption.
•Unscheduled services: Such as unscheduled Healthcheck professional service assessments which are not included part of the onboarding scope/service.
•Buyer overspend: Whilst CDW will make every effort to ensure the services deployed are tailored (rightsized) to each Buyer’s specific requirements and budget, there may be some instances of Buyer overspend that result in additional costs. CDW engages with each Buyer and uses our defined pre-sales methodology to undertake a thorough assessment of the Buyer’s immediate requirements, growth strategy and budgetary requirements. This is the foundation for designing a service deployment model that accurately reflects the Buyer’s immediate and future service consumption and spend. However, some unforeseeable factors, such as unexpected rates/periods of Buyer growth, may result in requirements for increased consumption and ultimately, increased/additional costs.
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Additional sources of cost reduction
Sources of cost reduction that could relate to a Buyer contracting for services in this deployment model could include:

•Access to Cloud Service Provider (CSP) funding pots/programs: Many of the leading CSPs having funding pots and programs available that can be used to subsidise Buyer services and reduce costs. These funding pots are often accessible in scenarios when defined CSP eligibility criteria and pre-requisites are met. Examples of funding programs include Microsoft Azure’s Migration & Modernization Program (AMMP), Microsoft’s End Customer Investment Funds (ECIF) and Microsoft’s Commerce Incentives (MCI).
•Vertical specific discount schemes: Many of the CPSs offer vertical specific discount schemes on their services. As an example, Microsoft offers government discount schemes and discounts/grants for eligible not for profit organisations. As another example, AWS offers public sector discounts through their One Government Value Agreement (OGVA) program.
•Committed spend agreements: Some of the leading CPSs offer contractual agreements that offer benefits, such as discounts and cost reductions, in exchange for the Buyer making an up-front commitment to achieve a minimum level of consumption/spend. For example, Microsoft offers the Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC) which offers Buyers discounts and financial benefits for commitment to a pre-agreed level of consumption/spend.

Mandatory certifications

Mandatory certifications

Are you are bidding to offer IaaS and/or PaaS as a reseller or are you in sole control of the infrastructure

Reseller

Cloud service suppliers you intend to resell with evidence

Organisation 1

Organisation name

Microsoft

Website address/upload for organisation

Website address

Website address

https://marketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/partners/872cc32f-6dcc-4955-bfe9-4ceffd1ff2b8/overview

Organisation 2

Organisation name

Veeam

Website address/upload for organisation

Website address

Website address

https://www.veeam.com/partners/find-a-partner.html?country=GBR&search=cdw

Organisation 3

Organisation name

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Website address/upload for organisation

Website address

Website address

https://partners.amazonaws.com/search/partners/?facets=Program%20%3A%20AWS%20Marketplace%20Skilled%20Consulting%20Partner&pName=CDW

Organisation 4

Organisation name

NetApp

Website address/upload for organisation

Website address

Website address

https://www.netapp.com/partners/partner-connect/cdw-ltd/

ISO 9001 certification

Provided

ISO 27001 certification

Provided

ISO 20000-1 certification

Provided

Are you reliant on the Cloud Service Provider for some accreditations

Yes

Cyber Essentials

Do you have a Cyber Essentials Plus certificate?
Yes
Cyber Essentials Plus certificate Number
4f861f6b-f0f0-44fa-a807-6049b0d9bfdc

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

ISO 28000:2022 certification
No
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
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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