XTRAVIRT LIMITED

VMware Cloud Foundation on AWS Elastic VMware Service

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is a full-stack private and hybrid cloud platform

This service provides VCF software licences for use with AWS Elastic VMware Service (EVS). AWS EVS provides VMware-validated cloud infrastructure operated by AWS.

VMware and AWS services are governed by their respective licence, support, and service terms.

Features

• VMware Cloud Foundation 9 full-stack private and hybrid cloud platform
• Unified lifecycle management across compute, storage, networking, firmware
• Declarative infrastructure configuration with drift detection and compliance
• Integrated NSX networking and security
• Native Kubernetes platform services integrated into SDDC operations
• Policy-driven resource management and workload placement
• Secure multi-tenant isolation for shared cloud environments
• API-first platform supporting infrastructure-as-code automation
• Built-in capacity, health, and utilisation visibility
• Private AI infrastructure support for secure enterprise AI workloads

Benefits

• Consistent private and hybrid cloud operations across all environments
• Reduced operational effort through automation and standardised workflows
• Faster infrastructure provisioning with repeatable, policy-driven processes
• Improved security using integrated networking and access controls
• Simplified platform upgrades with full-stack lifecycle management
• Supports legacy, modern, containerised, and AI workloads together
• Predictable platform performance through proactive monitoring and management
• Enables Private AI while maintaining data sovereignty and control
• Simplifies cloud exit and workload portability

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

824773150221795

Contact

Chris Willliams
08004880038
accounts@xtravirt.com

About your service

• Service categories:

  IaaS

  IaaS Compute

  • Bare metal

Service scope

• Service constraints: VMware Cloud Foundation must be deployed on supported AWS EVS configurations and aligned to VMware and AWS reference architectures. Platform behaviour, availability, and resilience depend on EVS configuration and customer design choices. Third-party integrations must be compatible with the VMware Cloud Foundation release and AWS EVS platform in use.
• System requirements:
  • VMware Cloud Foundation licence
  • AWS Elastic VMware Service subscription
  • AWS account
  • Supported EVS region and cluster configuration
  • Customer-managed workloads and operating systems
• Cloud deployment model:
  • Public cloud
  • Hybrid cloud

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: Response times are defined by the support tiers purchased directly from VMware and AWS.; ; VMware support response targets follow Broadcom Global Support Services terms.; AWS EVS response targets follow the customer’s selected AWS Support plan.; ; Support availability includes weekends and 24x7 coverage, subject to vendor support terms.
• 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: No
• Onsite support: No
• Support levels: Support levels, severity definitions, response targets, and escalation processes are defined by VMware and AWS support offerings. This service does not include a supplier-provided Technical Account Manager or Cloud Support Engineer.
• Support available to third parties: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Users start using VMware Cloud Foundation on AWS EVS through vendor-provided resources. VMware and Amazon Web Services provide online documentation, product guides, reference architectures, and knowledge bases covering setup, configuration, and operation. Online training and self-paced learning resources are available from VMware and AWS.; ; Xtravirt can provide optional onboarding assistance, knowledge transfer, training, and professional services if purchased separately. These services are not included as part of the licence-only offering.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats:
  • HTML
  • PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: Customer data remains hosted within the customer’s Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) environment inside the customer’s AWS VPC. Amazon EVS deploys and runs a VMware Cloud Foundation environment on EC2 bare metal instances in the customer’s VPC, and customer workloads run as standard VMware virtual machines within that environment. ; ; evs-ug; ; When the contract ends, users extract or migrate their data by exporting or moving VMware virtual machines using VMware-supported formats and tools (for example, vMotion/OVF where applicable) and migration tooling such as VMware HCX, which Amazon EVS supports for workload migration. Data extraction and migration are performed by the customer within their AWS account. No supplier-managed data extraction is required.
• End-of-contract process: At the end of the contract, the customer’s right to use VMware Cloud Foundation software licences ends in line with the applicable VMware (Broadcom) licence terms. Customer workloads and data remain hosted within the customer’s Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS) environment in their AWS account, which continues to operate under AWS terms unless terminated separately by the customer. ; ; evs-ug; ; The contract price includes the VMware Cloud Foundation software licence and the associated VMware support entitlement for the contract term. It does not include infrastructure services from AWS, service transition, migration activities, or operational management.; ; Additional costs may apply for licence renewal, changes to VMware support tiers, AWS EVS consumption, AWS Support plans, or optional professional services such as migration or training, if purchased separately.
• Documentation accessibility standard: EN 301 549

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Using the web interface: Users access VMware Cloud Foundation on AWS EVS through VMware and AWS web-based management interfaces.; ; Users can:; ; Access VMware Cloud Foundation management consoles to manage supported platform features; ; Configure and manage workloads, networking, storage, and security within licensed capabilities; ; View platform status, alerts, and resource usage; ; Access VMware and AWS support portals; ; Users cannot:; ; Provision the underlying AWS EVS infrastructure solely through VMware interfaces; ; Bypass licence limits, role-based access controls, or supported configuration rules; ; Access features not included in the purchased VMware Cloud Foundation licence or AWS EVS service; ; Make changes that conflict with VMware or AWS supported architectures; ; Initial service setup and infrastructure provisioning are performed through AWS EVS workflows. Changes made through the web interface are limited to published VMware Cloud Foundation and AWS EVS capabilities and user permissions.
• Web interface accessibility standard: EN 301 549
• Web interface accessibility testing: No independent web interface testing with assistive technology users has been carried out by the supplier. Accessibility testing of the web interfaces is performed by VMware and Amazon Web Services as part of their product accessibility and assurance processes.
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: Users interact with VMware Cloud Foundation on AWS EVS using VMware and AWS APIs.; ; Users can:; ; Automate supported VMware Cloud Foundation functions using VMware APIs; ; Provision and manage workloads, networking, and policies within licensed features; ; Query platform status, events, and usage through supported APIs; ; Integrate with automation and infrastructure-as-code tools; ; Users cannot:; ; Provision or modify AWS EVS infrastructure outside AWS-supported APIs; ; Bypass licence limits, role-based access controls, or security policies; ; Use APIs to access features not included in the purchased VMware licence or AWS EVS service; ; Apply unsupported configurations or lifecycle actions; ; Initial service enablement and infrastructure setup are performed using AWS EVS APIs and workflows. Ongoing changes through APIs are limited to published VMware and AWS capabilities and user permissions.
• API automation tools:
  • Ansible
  • Chef
  • OpenStack
  • SaltStack
  • Terraform
  • Puppet
• 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
• Using the command line interface: Users interact with VMware Cloud Foundation on AWS EVS using VMware and AWS supported command line tools.; ; Users can:; ; Use VMware CLI tools to manage supported VMware Cloud Foundation features; ; Create, modify, and manage workloads and resources; ; Configure networking, storage, and security settings within licensed capabilities; ; Automate operational tasks using scripts and supported CLI utilities; ; Users cannot:; ; Provision or modify AWS EVS infrastructure solely through VMware CLI tools; ; Access features not included in the purchased VMware Cloud Foundation licence or AWS EVS service; ; Bypass role-based access controls or security restrictions; ; Apply unsupported configurations or lifecycle actions; ; Initial infrastructure provisioning is performed through AWS EVS processes. Command line usage is limited to documented VMware and AWS tools, supported configurations, and user permissions.

Scaling

• Independence of resources: Each customer environment runs within a dedicated Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS) private cloud deployed in the customer’s own AWS account. Compute, storage, and networking resources are allocated exclusively to that customer and are not shared with other organisations.; ; Workloads from other customers cannot access or consume these resources. Performance and capacity are determined by the customer’s selected EVS configuration and AWS resource allocation, ensuring that demand from other users does not affect the customer’s environment.
• Usage notifications: Yes
• Usage reporting:
  • API
  • Email
• Optimising consumption: Yes
• Automatic scaling: Yes

Analytics

• Infrastructure or application metrics: Yes
• Metrics types:
  • CPU
  • Disk
  • Memory
  • Network
  • Number of active instances
  • Other
• Other metrics:
  • Platform Health
  • Events
  • Performance Logs
• Reporting types:
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request
• Resource tagging: Yes
• FOCUS resource tagging: Yes

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra features and support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: Broadcom (VMware), Omnissa, Veeam, Google, AWS, Dell, HP, Dynatrace, Microsoft

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• Government security clearance: None

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations:
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • Other locations
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Supplier-defined controls
• 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 another standard
  • Encryption of all physical media
  • Other
• Other data at rest protection approach: Data at rest is protected using VMware Cloud Foundation security features and Amazon Web Services Elastic VMware Service (EVS) infrastructure controls.; ; This includes support for encryption of storage used by VMware workloads, role-based access controls, and secure key management where configured. Physical security, hardware protection, and media handling are managed by AWS in accordance with AWS security policies. Customers control encryption settings, access permissions, and data retention within their EVS environment.
• 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
  • Data Erasure

Backup and recovery

• What’s backed up:
  • VMware Cloud Foundation management component configuration data
  • Platform monitoring, logging, and audit configuration data
• Backup controls: Users control backups within their Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS) and VMware Cloud Foundation environment.; ; Customers choose what to back up, such as virtual machines, applications, or data, using VMware-compatible backup tools and AWS services they select. Backup schedules, retention periods, and backup scope are defined and managed by the customer. Different workloads can be backed up on different schedules based on customer policy and requirements.; ; The supplier does not control or operate backups as part of this licence-only service.
• Datacentre setup:
  • Multiple datacentres with disaster recovery
  • Multiple datacentres
  • Single datacentre with multiple copies
  • Single datacentre
• Scheduling backups: Users schedule backups through a web interface
• Backup recovery:
  • Users can recover backups themselves, for example through a web interface
  • Users contact the support team
• Backup and recovery: Yes
• RPO/RTO: No

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
• Data protection within supplier network:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: This service provides software licences only and does not include a supplier-provided availability guarantee or SLA.; ; Availability commitments are defined by Amazon Web Services Elastic VMware Service (EVS) under the AWS EVS Service Level Agreement. AWS EVS provides an availability commitment for the EVS service based on the monthly uptime percentage of the EVS environment, subject to the customer meeting AWS configuration and usage requirements.; ; If AWS does not meet the EVS SLA, eligible customers may receive service credits in accordance with the AWS EVS SLA terms. Any refunds or credits are provided by AWS, not the supplier.; ; VMware Cloud Foundation includes software capabilities that support high availability when deployed on resilient infrastructure, but no availability SLA or service credits are provided as part of this licence-only service.
• Approach to resilience: VMware Cloud Foundation is designed to support resilient architectures through software features such as clustering, workload restart, and distributed services. These capabilities support high availability when deployed according to supported designs.; ; When running on Amazon Web Services Elastic VMware Service (EVS), resilience is underpinned by AWS datacentre design, including redundant power, cooling, networking, and hardware within AWS Regions. EVS infrastructure resilience is managed by AWS.; ; The overall level of resilience achieved depends on customer architecture choices, including cluster sizing, failure tolerance configuration, and backup or disaster recovery design. Detailed resilience architecture is available on request.
• Outage reporting: Outages are reported through vendor-operated channels for Amazon Web Services Elastic VMware Service (EVS) and VMware Cloud Foundation.; ; Public dashboard: AWS Service Health Dashboard provides EVS service status and incident updates.; ; API: AWS Service Health and monitoring APIs expose service status and incident information.; ; Email alerts: AWS sends email notifications for relevant service events. VMware provides email updates linked to support cases for software-related incidents.; ; This licence-only service does not operate a separate outage reporting system.

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: VMware Cloud Foundation 9 management interfaces use role-based access controls to restrict access to authorised users. Access is authenticated using VMware identity services and permissions are assigned based on platform roles.; ; Support access is provided through authenticated Broadcom support portals associated with the VMware Cloud Foundation licence. Administrative actions and access events are logged in line with VMware Cloud Foundation security capabilities.
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least once a year
• Management access authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
• Devices users manage the service through:
  • Dedicated device on a segregated network (providers own provision)
  • Dedicated device on a government network (for example PSN)
  • Dedicated device over multiple services or networks
  • Any device but through a bastion host (a bastion host is a server that provides access to a private network from an external network such as the internet)
  • Directly from any device which may also be used for normal business (for example web browsing or viewing external email)

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: VMware and Amazon Web Services maintain formal information security policies and processes aligned to recognised industry standards, including ISO/IEC 27001.; ; VMware governs the security of VMware Cloud Foundation software through documented policies covering secure development, vulnerability management, incident handling, and data protection. AWS governs the security of Amazon Elastic VMware Service infrastructure, including physical security, datacentre operations, and platform security controls.; ; Both organisations operate defined internal reporting and escalation structures for information security. Policy compliance is enforced through documented procedures, staff training, technical controls, and regular internal and third-party audits.; ; Customers are responsible for security configuration and data protection within their own EVS environments.

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: VMware manages VMware Cloud Foundation software through formal product lifecycle and release management processes. Software components are versioned, tracked, maintained, and retired in line with published product lifecycles and release documentation.; ; Changes to VMware Cloud Foundation are assessed by VMware for operational and security impact prior to release, including security testing and vulnerability assessment.; ; Amazon Web Services manages configuration and change for Amazon Elastic VMware Service infrastructure using AWS-controlled change management processes, including risk and impact assessment before deployment.; ; Customers control when and how updates are applied within their own EVS environments, in line with their internal change management policies.
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: VMware and Amazon Web Services operate vulnerability management for their respective services.; ; Potential threats are assessed through internal security reviews, automated scanning, and risk analysis performed by VMware for VMware Cloud Foundation software and by AWS for Amazon Elastic VMware Service infrastructure.; ; Security patches and mitigations are prioritised based on severity and risk. VMware and AWS release updates in line with their published security and maintenance policies. Customers decide when to apply updates within their own environments.; ; Threat intelligence is sourced from vendor security research teams, responsible disclosure programmes, industry threat feeds, and third-party security researchers.
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: Protective monitoring is provided by VMware and Amazon Web Services for their respective services.; ; Potential compromises are identified through logging, monitoring, alerting, and threat detection controls operated by VMware for VMware Cloud Foundation software and by AWS for Amazon Elastic VMware Service infrastructure.; ; When a potential compromise is detected, vendor security teams investigate, contain, and remediate issues using documented incident response processes. Response is prioritised by severity, with high-impact incidents addressed urgently. Customers are responsible for monitoring and response within their own EVS environments.
• 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: Incident management is provided by VMware and Amazon Web Services for their respective services.; ; Both vendors operate documented, pre-defined incident management processes for common operational and security events. Users report incidents through the VMware (Broadcom) support portal for VMware Cloud Foundation software issues and through AWS Support channels for Amazon Elastic VMware Service infrastructure issues.; ; Incident status updates, progress, and resolution information are provided through the relevant vendor support case systems. Where applicable, post-incident reports or summaries are shared in line with VMware and AWS support and contractual terms. Customers remain responsible for incident management within their own EVS environments.
• 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)

Separation between users

• Virtualisation technology used to keep applications and users sharing the same infrastructure apart: Yes
• Who implements virtualisation: Supplier
• Virtualisation technologies used: VMware
• How shared infrastructure is kept separate: Different organisations are kept apart through isolation controls provided by Amazon Web Services Elastic VMware Service (EVS) and VMware Cloud Foundation.; ; Each customer is provisioned a dedicated EVS environment within their own AWS account. Compute, storage, and networking resources are not shared with other customers. VMware virtualisation enforces isolation at the hypervisor layer, while NSX provides logical network segmentation and traffic isolation. Management access is restricted using role-based access controls. Other organisations cannot access or impact a customer’s environment.

Energy efficiency

• Energy-efficient datacentres: Yes
• Description of energy efficient datacentres: Amazon Web Services designs and operates its datacentres in line with recognised energy-efficiency best practices, including alignment with the EU Code of Conduct for Energy Efficiency in Data Centres and related sustainability initiatives. AWS publishes information on datacentre energy efficiency, renewable energy use, and continuous improvement of infrastructure efficiency.; ; VMware Cloud Foundation on AWS EVS runs within these AWS-operated datacentres.

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: No
• Free trial available: No

Discount

• Provide your minimum discount applicable to your baseline prices: 0.01%

Formula for calculating price of your services

• Formula for calculating price of your services:

  Which of the core deployment models you intend to offer

  Private Cloud

  Private Cloud - Formula for calculating price of your services

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  Total Cost

  The Total Cost for a buyer's call off requirement in a Private Cloud Deployment

  =

  Baseline Pricing

  See GCloud Service offerings

  -

  Minimum Discounting

  0.01%

  +

  Onboarding Activity

  Onboarding costs may vary based on your specific requirements, please confirm with suppliers during the clarification process

  +

  Additional sources of cost

  - Customer specific architecture and design; - buyer specific / custom deployment requirements; - Additional licenses for dependent surround services; - integration to existing buyer services; - buyer specific networking, security, identity needs; - allocation of buyer technical specialists to support implementation

  -

  Additional sources of cost reduction

  - use of standardised services; - accelerated deployment timelines; - retirement of existing services

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• Total Cost: The Total Cost for a buyer's call off requirement in a Private Cloud Deployment
• Baseline Pricing: See GCloud Service offerings
• Minimum Discounting: 0.01%
• Onboarding Activity: Onboarding costs may vary based on your specific requirements, please confirm with suppliers during the clarification process
• Additional sources of cost: - Customer specific architecture and design; - buyer specific / custom deployment requirements; - Additional licenses for dependent surround services; - integration to existing buyer services; - buyer specific networking, security, identity needs; - allocation of buyer technical specialists to support implementation
• Additional sources of cost reduction: - use of standardised services; - accelerated deployment timelines; - retirement of existing services

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

  Broadcom / VMware

  Website address/upload for organisation

  Website address

  Website address

  https://www.broadcom.com/how-to-buy/partner-distributor-lookup?tagId=0&tagId=0&value=xt&value=xtravirt&isfiltertag=False&isfiltertag=False

  Organisation 2

  Organisation name

  Omnissa

  Website address/upload for organisation

  Website address

  Website address

  https://partnerlocator.omnissa.com/#q=xtravirt&sort=relevancy

  Organisation 3

  Organisation name

  AWS

  Website address/upload for organisation

  Website address

  Website address

  https://partners.amazonaws.com/partners/001E000000bf7ZpIAI/

  Organisation 4

  Organisation name

  Google

  Website address/upload for organisation

  Website address

  Website address

  https://cloud.google.com/find-a-partner/partner/xtravirt-limited

  Organisation 5

  Organisation name

  Microsoft

  Website address/upload for organisation

  Website address

  Website address

  https://marketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/partners/0460dab2-87dc-409b-b50f-202754ac1b36/overview

  Organisation 6

  Organisation name

  Veeam

  Website address/upload for organisation

  Website address

  Website address

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

  Organisation 7

  Organisation name

  Dell

  Website address/upload for organisation

  Website address

  Website address

  https://dell.my.site.com/FindAPartner/s/partnerdetails?language=en_US&country=gb&partnerType=findareseller&partnerTrackId=a9n1B000000h9mwQAA

  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: 80b97068-b96b-4d11-bd33-1ecd32fe3c29

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
    • 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 educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
    • 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
    • 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 to ensure business decisions re: price/cost, short lead times, payment timescales do not create modern slavery risks in the supply chain

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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
    • Introducing transparency to pay and reward processes
    • Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
    • 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

  • 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 issues relating to entering the contract workforce
    • 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

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 accounts@xtravirt.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.