Advania

Advania UK - Copilot for Microsoft 365

Advania UK enables organisations to securely adopt Copilot
for Microsoft 365, delivering AI‑powered productivity across
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams. We help clients
unlock faster, safer and smarter ways of working through
structured readiness, governance, deployment and adoption
services tailored to UK public and private‑sector needs.

Features

• Copilot AI assistance embedded across Microsoft 365 applications
• Secure integration aligned with UK governance requirements
• Enterprise‑grade data protection and encryption for Copilot workloads
• EU and UK‑aligned data residency supporting Copilot operations
• Real‑time document, email and content generation with Copilot
• Intelligent summarisation across apps, meetings and conversations
• Custom extensions created using Copilot Studio
• Organisation‑wide policy and permissions integrated seamlessly
• Automated insights surfaced through Microsoft Graph and Copilot

Benefits

• Boosts workforce productivity across daily tasks
• Reduces time spent drafting and analysing content
• Enhances communication clarity and consistency
• Automates routine admin and repetitive workflows
• Improves decision‑making through instant insights
• Supports secure, compliant AI usage
• Strengthens user capability through guided assistance
• Accelerates delivery across teams and projects
• Maximises value from Microsoft 365 investments
• Supports scalable AI adoption across the organisation

• Education pricing available
• Free trial available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

743197298378997

Contact

Will Tuson
+44 203 835 7332
bids@advania.co.uk

About your service

• Service categories:

  Applications

  Content workflow and management

  • Document
  • Creative

  Content services

  • Enterprise Content Management Applications
  • Content Sharing and Collaboration Applications

  Persuasive content management

  • Digital Asset Management Applications
  • Product Content Management Applications
  • Content Marketing Applications

  Enterprise portals and digital workspaces

  • Integrated Employee Workspaces
• Multi cloud support: Yes

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: Yes
• What software services is the service an extension to: Microsoft 365, including SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams
• Cloud deployment model: Public cloud
• Service constraints: Microsoft admins can view the status of services and find out when maintenance is scheduled. Service health information is available at any time by signing in. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/office-365-platform-service-description/service-health-and-continuity
• System requirements:
  • Microsoft 365: Fully hosted, managed SaaS
  • Cost-effective: Eliminates additional IT infrastructure for Onboarding system support.
  • Accessibility: Use on any web-enabled device with modern internet browsers.
  • Browser Compatibility: Supports Internet Explorer, Edge, Chrome, Safari.
  • Mobile Availability: Native apps for Android and iOS devices provided.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: Response times vary based on support plan selected. For more information, visit: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business/microsoft-365-for-business-support-options
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: WCAG 2.2 A
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support: No
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: Support includes access to our UK-based support desk with 8:00-18:00 M-F cover (excluding public holidays), technical support from 4 hours per month. Additionally, proactive services are included to ensure that customers are aware of forthcoming features and able to influence and refine our backlog items.
• Support available to third parties: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Microsoft provides several resources to help users get started with Microsoft Business Applications:; *Quick Start Guides: Microsoft offers Quick Start guides for all of its popular Microsoft 365 apps.; *Partner Resources Guide: This guide provides Business Applications partners with a high-level description of each of the key partner programs and resources provided by Microsoft.; *Business Applications Partner Activities: These activities provide partners with funding to deliver standardized, partner-led pre-sales, migration, and post-sales activities to customers.; *WorkLab Guides: Users can explore WorkLab guides for Dynamics 365.; Please also see:; • https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/microsoft-365-quick-starts-25f909da-3e76-443d-94f4-6cdf7dedc51e; • https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/business-applications-for/new-business-applications-partner-resources-guide/td-p/3928203; • https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/partner-news/fy24-business-applications-partner-activities-incentives/ba-p/3955971; • https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats: PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: When the contract ends, your access to Modern Work services, applications, and customer data go through multiple stages before the subscription is fully turned off, or deleted:; 1. Expired Stage (30 days): Users have normal access to Modern Work applications and files.; 2. Disabled Stage (90 days): Data is accessible to admins only. Users can’t access applications. Admins can access the admin centre to buy and manage other subscriptions.; 3. Deleted Stage: After the 90-day retention period ends, Microsoft disables the account and deletes the customer data.; During the term of an active subscription, a subscriber can access, extract, or delete customer data stored in Modern Work apps. For more information, visit https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/commerce/subscriptions/what-if-my-subscription-expires
• End-of-contract process: Microsoft is governed by strict standards and follows specific processes for removing cloud customer data from systems under our control, overwriting storage resources before reuse, and purging or destroying decommissioned hardware. In our Online Service Terms, Microsoft contractually commits to specific processes when a customer leaves a cloud service or the subscription expires. This includes deleting customer data from systems under our control.; ; Please see Data Protection Addendum for full and up to date details about how Microsoft manages your data. https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Microsoft-Products-and-Services-Data-Protection-Addendum-DPA?lang=1; ; https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/commerce/subscriptions/what-if-my-subscription-expires?view=o365-worldwide
• Documentation accessibility standard: WCAG 2.2 A

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
• Application to install: No
• Designed for use on mobile devices: Yes
• Differences between the mobile and desktop service: Microsoft offers distinct experiences on mobile and desktop devices for Microsoft 365. On desktop, users access the full suite of features, while the mobile app provides a streamlined interface for essential tasks and allows for offline working when there isn't network connectivity.
• Service interface: Yes
• User support accessibility: WCAG 2.2 A
• Description of service interface: Microsoft 365 can be managed via the M365 admin centre: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/?view=o365-worldwide
• Accessibility standards: WCAG 2.2 A
• Accessibility testing: Microsoft is committed to developing technology that empowers everyone, including people with disabilities. Microsoft has a Disability Answer Desk where customers with disabilities get support with Microsoft Office, Windows, and other products. Microsoft also has Accessibility Conformance Reports (ACR) which describe how products and services support recognized global accessibility standards.; https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Accessibility/disability-answer-desk ; https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/conformance-reports ; https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/accessibility/accessibility-testing
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: The Microsoft Graph API enables you to access data, intelligence, and insights from Microsoft applications. By integrating Modern Work with Graph API, developers can tap into user data and organizational information to enhance context-aware assistance from applications like Word, Excel, Teams, etc. Starting with users and groups at the core, Microsoft Graph forms a network of Modern Work services and features that manage, protect, and extract data to support a wide range of scenarios. Microsoft Graph lets you access this wealth of user data while always respecting proper authorization. For more information on Microsoft Graph's capabilities, services, and features, visit:; - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/overview; - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/overview-major-services; For information on Microsoft Graph limitations (throttling limits, service-specific limits, connection limits, schema limits, and availability), visit:; - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/throttling-limits; - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/connecting-external-content-api-limits; - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/metered-api-overview; Microsoft Azure OpenAI also offers a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) services that can be seamlessly integrated with Modern Work to enhance its functionality. By leveraging services such as Azure Cognitive Services and Azure Machine Learning, developers can extend capabilities in areas such as code summarization, sentiment analysis of code reviews, and even predictive coding assistance based on historical patterns.
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats: HTML
• API sandbox or test environment: Yes
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: Modern Work customers can customise their services in various ways:; - The Microsoft 365 Admin Centre is a web-based portal where administrators can manage user accounts and settings for their organization. They can add or remove users, manage billing, reset passwords, and more.; - The Office Customization Tool allows administrators to customize the installation of Office by choosing which applications and languages are installed, how those applications should be updated, and application preferences.; - Users can personalize their Microsoft 365 experience by changing the theme, notifications, and other settings.; - The Microsoft 365 Developer Program provides a sandbox environment where developers can learn and experiment with Modern Work technologies.; - Developers can use the Microsoft Graph API to interact with data in Modern Work and build apps that integrate with Microsoft 365.; For more information, visit:; - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/admincenter/overview-office-customization-tool; - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/setup/customize-your-organization-theme; - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/personalize-your-microsoft-365-experience-eb34a21b-52fa-4fbf-a8d5-146132242985

Scaling

• Independence of resources: Microsoft employs a combination of proactive monitoring and efficient management practices to mitigate the impact of demand fluctuations on services. Microsoft focuses on several areas of service management to minimize the affect on users by demands placed on the service:; - Monitoring and Major Incident Management: knowing if users are impacted (regardless of root cause) and ensuring that the appropriate remediation occurs when users are impacted; ; For more information, visit:; - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/community/maturity-model-microsoft365-servicing-microsoft365-service-change-management; - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-blog/modern-service-management-for-office-365/ba-p/52793

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: You can use dashboards in the Microsoft 365 admin centre to monitor the health of various Microsoft services for your organisation's Modern Work subscription. Microsoft 365 Monitoring increases observability and minimizes downtime through providing near real-time user telemetry data with enriched alerts in the Microsoft 365 admin centre's Service Health dashboard.; Additionally, Microsoft 365 usage analytics gives you access to a prebuilt dashboard that provides a cross-product view of the last 12 months and contains many prebuilt reports. Each report provides you with specific usage insights. ; For more information, visit:; - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/microsoft-365-monitoring; - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/microsoft-365/admin/usage-analytics/usage-analytics
• Reporting types:
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
• Resource tagging: Yes
• FOCUS resource tagging: Yes

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• 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: Managed by a third party
• Penetration testing frequency: At least every 6 months
• Penetration testing approach: ‘IT Health Check’ performed by a CHECK service provider
• Protecting data at rest: Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v4.0
• 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: Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation / Secure Erase

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: Microsoft Excel (as a workbook or PivotTable report); Text-only (tab delimited); Comma-separated values (CSV); Extensible Markup Language (XML)
• Data export formats: CSV
• Data import formats: CSV

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks: TLS (version 1.2 or above)
• Data protection within supplier network: Other
• Other protection within supplier network: Copilot is a highly secure environment that offers extensive protection in multiple layers: physical datacenter security, network security, access security, application security, and data security. Encryption at rest includes two components: BitLocker disk-level encryption (volume-level) and per-file encryption (file-level) of customer content.

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: Since the solution is based on the Microsoft 365 platform, Microsoft provide a financially-backed guarantee of 99.9% availability for their Microsoft 365 platform - with service credits for non-availability beyond this threshold. Please see SLA documents at https://www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/DocumentSearch.aspx?Mode=3&DocumentTypeId=37 for details.
• Approach to resilience: Since the solution is based on the Microsoft 365 platform, full relevant details are at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/trustcenter
• Outage reporting: Since the solution is based on the Microsoft 365 platform, full relevant details are at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/trustcenter

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: A user may be an administrator of a particular sub-level of the solution, or be a member of a group with specific permissions.
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least every 6 months
• Management access authentication: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

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: User-defined
• Access to supplier activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: User-defined
• How long system logs are stored for: User-defined

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards: ISO/IEC 27001
• Information security policies and processes: Advania align all services with the principles and standards described in ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 22301
• Software Security Code of Practice: Yes

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: Since the solution is based on the Microsoft 365 platform, full relevant details are at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/trustcenter
• Vulnerability management type: Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Vulnerability management approach: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
• Protective monitoring type: Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Protective monitoring approach: Since the solution is based on the Microsoft 365 platform, full relevant details are at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/trustcenter
• Incident management type: Complies with a recognised standard, for example, CSA CCM v4.0 or ISO/IEC 27035:2011 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Incident management approach: Since the solution is based on the Microsoft 365 platform, full relevant details are at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/trustcenter
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: No

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)

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: Yes
• Free trial available: Yes
• Description of free trial: Access to a Microsoft 365 environment which hosts our solution for the purposes of evaluation and testing.

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%
• Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000: 0%
• Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000: 0%
• Over £5,000,001: 0%

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: NQA
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: Thursday 21 August 2025
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: NA
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification: NQA
• ISO 9001 accreditation date: Thursday 25 September 2025
• What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover: NA
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number: 3fa2a9bc-344d-4236-b820-c1c7c5dcd620
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number: E6e9b263-214a-449e-9fc1-d277b1b9ba1d
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications:
  • ISO 22301
  • SOC 2 Type II Certificate
  • Crest Membership
  • ITIL Maturity Model Assessment

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
    • 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
    • How the supplier will work with NGOs, trade unions or other businesses to address modern slavery risk
    • 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
    • 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
    • Advertising of supply chain opportunities openly and to ensure they are accessible to a diverse range of businesses, including advertising all subcontracting opportunities on Contracts Finder
    • 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
    • Measures to involve local stakeholders and/or users in design (e.g. in the design of services, systems, products or buildings)
    • 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
    • Measures to engage users and communities and build relationships to increase community integration build trust and influence how the contract is delivered
    • Plans to respond flexibly and adapt approaches to community engagement and initiatives
    • 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
    • Understanding barriers to access to health and social care services or employment opportunities e.g. digital inclusion
    • 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

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at bids@advania.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.