BOXXE LIMITED

boxxe -  FortiSASE (Fortinet Secure Access Service Edge) and Zero Trust platform

SASE is a cloud-native architectural framework that converges networking and security functions into a single, unified, cloud-delivered service. SASE addresses the challenges of modern, distributed work environments where users, applications, and data are often outside a traditional corporate network perimeter and so gives organisations centralised visibility and control.

Features

• Firewall as a service
• Secure Web Gateway (SWG)
• Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
• Work From Anywhere Security
• Malware and Virus Protection
• Data Loss Prevention and Data life Protection (DLP)
• Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)
• Intrusion Prevention (IPS)
• Sandboxing for protection against zero day threats and ATPs
• Real-time Logging and Analytics

Benefits

• Scalable, per user or per device licensing
• Flexible SaaS-based solution, deployed in-region to the user
• Integrates with identity providers such as Azure AD
• Decouple security from legacy DC, enabling greater flexibility
• Intelligent activation of protection when a user leaves corporate domain
• Delivering real-time protection to remote workforces
• Orchestrated with the Security Fabric of over 30 Fortinet solutions
• Integration with pre-existing VPN solutions
• High-performance SSL inspection and advanced threat detection
• Main user experience while analysing traffic.

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

857296597116037

Contact

Abdul Rokim
01347 812100
tenders@boxxe.com

About your service

• Service categories:

  Systems Infrastructure Software

  Security

  • Endpoint security
  • Security analytics
  • Governance, risk and compliance

  Identity and access management

  • Access
  • Privilege

  Network security

  • Trusted network access and protection
  • Active application security

  Data security

  • Information protection
  • Digital trust
• Multi cloud support: Yes

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
• What software services is the service an extension to: FortiSASE can work as an extension of FortiGates already present in many organisations, but can also work as an extension of third party firewalls for the purposes of achieving ZTNA or SPA, essentially bringing LAN and WAN together in one centralised, managed platform.
• Cloud deployment model: Public cloud
• Service constraints: Yes, buyers should be aware of the Standard, Advanced and Comprehensive based bundles on offer and the various features associated with each. For specific use cases, buyers should also be aware of the hardware requirements and/or license add-ons to achieve specific use cases. Finally, buyers should also be aware of the end user capabilities when comparing agent based and agentless based capabilities and limitations.
• System requirements:
  • Some features are dependent on license (See Datasheet)
  • FortiCloud Account Required to launch and manage a FortiSASE instance.
  • Internet Access
  • Licensing
  • FortiClient for many, but not all use cases
  • Windows, MAC or Linux, IoS etc operating systems
  • Branch On-Ramp Hardware for specific use cases where required
  • Modern and up to date Browsers

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: Technical Assistance Centre (TAC), which is staffed with customer service, technical support and hardware engineers and is available on a 24x7x365 day basis.; ; Response times are defined by ticket priority: ; ; P1 – 24x7x365 – 1 Hour Response Time; P2 – 8x5 – 1 Hour Response Time; P3 – 8x5 – Next Business Day Response Time; P4 – 8x5 – 2 Business Days Response Time
• 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: Web chat is accessed through the Support Portal. The support portal is a public facing website which contains access to our Online Help Desk , Web Chat and documentation such as setup guides, videos and forums. As Fortinet is a North American based company, all development for accessible systems follows US guidance.
• Web chat accessibility testing: Not Known/ Not Tracked.
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: Standard Account Management support hours are 9.00am to 6.00pm Monday to Friday. We provide an Account Management function for all Public Sector clients. Our Account Managers endeavour to respond to requests as quickly as possible and are supported by a team of System Engineers to offer technical advice and scoping before and during purchase.; ; After purchase, technical support is as per price list.; ; Hands-on assistance & professional services by engineers is available outside of break-fix on paid time and materials basis defined by a Scope of Work.
• Support available to third parties: Yes
• AI chatbot: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Fortinet offer self paced training with a FortiSASE certification based on an exam. They also provide a vast online documentation repository and tech community. In addition, Fortinet can provide vendor led and Disti led enablement for FortiSASE but for best-in-class enablement, Fortinet also offer a custom or advanced deployment service at an extra cost.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats:
  • HTML
  • PDF
  • Other
• Other documentation formats: Browser-based video
• End-of-contract data extraction: FortiSASE customers can extract their data during the active subscription period using the service's built-in export features. After the service ends, Fortinet retains data for a brief grace period (typically 14 days) during which customers may still be able to retrieve it; after this, the data is permanently deleted
• End-of-contract process: Fortinet will retain the configuration and any associated data only for a period of fourteen (14) days to allow data collection or service re-initiation following termination or expiration of the Service subscription or the end of agreed Service’s evaluation period. Once such period is elapsed, the Customer’s instance will be deleted along with any associated data. Deleted data will not be recoverable. For the first five (5) days following the expiration of the Service subscription, Fortinet will provide a grace period for use of the Service before termination.
• Documentation accessibility standard: None or don’t know
• How the documentation is accessible: FortiSASE onboarding and offboarding documentation is accessible through the Fortinet Document Library and the Fortinet Support Portal. The documentation typically includes guides, videos, and forum discussions.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
• Application to install: No
• Designed for use on mobile devices: Yes
• Differences between the mobile and desktop service: The Fortinet support portal experience differs between desktop and mobile, with the desktop version offering full functionality and a better layout for complex tasks, while the mobile experience is typically a simplified version accessed via a browser. The desktop interface is a full-featured web portal designed for comprehensive management and support tasks. The mobile experience is primarily for quick actions, monitoring, and simplified access.
• Service interface: Yes
• User support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Description of service interface: The FortiSASE Management Portal will make available the following features to Customers for configuration and application to the included POPs as described further at https://www.fortinet.com/products/sase:; ; SSL Inspection ; Inline AV & Anti-Malware ; Intrusion Prevention (IPS) ; FortiGuard Web Filtering ; Application Firewall ; Data Leak Prevention
• Accessibility standards: None or don’t know
• Description of accessibility: Once the SASE service is provisioned into the environment, administrators have complete control of features and configuration for the service. All common and frequently used features are available through the web interface (GUI) and a selected number of features are configurable via API.; ; The Web Interface allows for the configuration and on-going management of the SASE instance, along with access to remote, system events and log information.
• Accessibility testing: Not Known / Not Tracked.
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: The FortiSASE REST API allows you to perform monitoring operations on a FortiSASE instance. It supports the following REST API types:; ; Monitor APIs, which retrieve dynamic data and perform system/network operations, are supported. For example, deauthorize an existing Secure Web Gateway session or deauthorize an existing VPN session.; Resource APIs, which allows administrators to retrieve and modify various configuration items. In addition, FortiSASE includes API-based CASB functionality (leveraging the standalone FortiCASB product) as an integral part of its comprehensive SASE solution, providing security for data already at rest within sanctioned cloud applications
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats:
  • HTML
  • PDF
  • Other
• API sandbox or test environment: No
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: Users can customize FortiSASE through a wide array of options across security policy enforcement, user authentication methods, endpoint management, and monitoring. ; ; Key areas for customization include; Security Policy & Traffic Inspection; Administrators can tailor the security posture to meet specific organizational requirements ; SSL Inspection ; Application Control & Web Filtering ; Granular Firewall Policies ; Data Loss Prevention (DLP) ; Threat Protection ; DNS Settings ; User & Access Management; FortiSASE offers flexible options for managing user access and authentication ; Authentication Sources ; User Groups; Onboarding; Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) ; Administrators can control how endpoints connect and behave ; Endpoint Profiles ; Split Tunnelling; On-Network Detection; Customisation extends to visibility and reporting ; Custom Dashboards & Monitors ; Scheduled Reports

Scaling

• Independence of resources: SaaS based services are governed by strict capacity management protocols to ensure services operate within acceptable service limits. Furthermore, End User License Agreements (EULA) applies to ensure users are utilising the infrastructure within an acceptable margin to avoid a negative impact on Fortinet, its customers or its infrastructure.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: Extensive service usage metrics through unified management console: ; Traffic and Bandwidth: Monitoring bandwidth consumption, traffic volume, including thin-edge bandwidth usage.; User and Endpoint Activity: Tracking connected user against license entitlements, user activity, VPN connections, endpoint information (CPU, HDD etc).; Security Events: Reporting threats, virus detections, intrusions (IPS), web filtering violations, and DLP incidents.; Application Usage: Monitoring application sessions, traffic volume by application, CASB usage, Shadow IT reports.; Performance and Availability: Measuring processing latency targets, service uptime, PoP availability, end-to-end Digital Experience Monitoring for network and application performance.; Archive reports, ; Queue reports, ; Filtering statistics; Virus reports; Spam reports; Mail overview reports
• Reporting types:
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request
• Resource tagging: Yes
• FOCUS resource tagging: No

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: Fortinet -> FortiSASE

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
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • Other locations
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Managed by a third party
• 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: All critical assets, along with data considered to be personal under GDPR or other international laws is encrypted at rest and at backup using cryptography techniques. Any transit of data is done cryptographically. Data is stored in secure datacentres with physical access control mechanisms, CCTV, badge entry systems and security guards. Furthermore, access to Fortinet global offices are controlled via physical access control mechanisms, CCTV, badge entry systems and security guards.
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Equipment disposal approach: A third-party destruction service
• Data sanitisation type:
  • Deleted data can’t be directly accessed / Cryptographic Erasure
  • Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation / Secure Erase
  • Physical Destruction / Hardware containing data is completely destroyed

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: FortiSASE administrators can extract data such as logs and configuration information before a contract ends through the management GUI, but they must do so within a 14-day grace period following termination, after which the data is permanently deleted.
• Data export formats:
  • CSV
  • Other
• Other data export formats:
  • Logs -> CSV and JSON
  • Policy Packages -> XLS and CSV
  • Policy Consistency Check Result -> PDF
  • Meta Variables -> CSV
  • IPS and Application Control Signatures -> CSV
  • Config Backup -> YAML (v7.2+), FortiGate default format
• Data import formats:
  • CSV
  • Other
• Other data import formats:
  • JSON -> Utilised tools for migrating configurations from other platforms
  • .P12 .PEM ..Key for certificate import

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
  • Other
• Other protection between networks: Customers have various options to encrypt data in transit between the client and the service.
• Data protection within supplier network:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • Other
• Other protection within supplier network: Customers have the option of using Cloud based analytics or Sandboxing. In the event these options are chosen, data-in-transit is encrypted using SSL end-to-end. ; ; Data transfer between update servers and the virtual machines is completed via SSL end-to-end.

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: Service Availability Targets (See FortiSASE Service Description):; ; Management portal - 99.99%; Individual Security POPs - 99.99%; Overall Service - 99.999%
• Approach to resilience: Information available on request
• Outage reporting: Service status available in FortiSASE portal, via e-Mail, API and RSS Feed

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
  • Username or password
  • Other
• Other user authentication: Multiple authentication types and services are supported. Please see admin guide for full feature information
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Management access to the portal is controlled by the customers FortiCare support account. FortiCare supports 2FA
• Access restriction testing frequency: Never
• Management access authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
  • Username or password
  • Other
• Description of management access authentication: Management access to the portal is controlled by the customers FortiCare support account. FortiCare supports 2FA

Audit information for users

• Access to user activity audit information: No audit information available
• Access to supplier activity audit information: No audit information available
• How long system logs are stored for: Between 1 month and 6 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: As Fortinet is a US Company, it complies with all relevant requirements as part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) framework.
• Information security policies and processes: Compliance enforcement, testing and planning is managed by the global-infosec team. The team consists of multiple areas that control specific assets, roles and data within the business. All teams report into their respective managers, who in turn report to the global Vice President for Corporate Information Security (VP-CIS). The VP then in turn reports into the CISO and ultimately the board. ; ; Fortinet ensure policies are followed through a mixture of methods. The global workforce has mandatory best-practice and policy training once a quarter to ensure they are reminded and aware of the nature of their responsibility to keep Fortinet secure from breach. There are also policies in place that allow for reporting of actual or suspected violation of any security policies, either directly to the global-infosec team or via an anonymised ‘whistle-blower’ method.
• Software Security Code of Practice: Yes

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: Fortinet maintain an asset management inventory, which houses a log of the versions of software/firmware currently in use within internal systems. Configurations on all critical systems are backed up daily with changes logged in the system. All changes to internal configurations or assets are done within a pre-designed change window (excluding emergency changes) and are subject to a Change Approval Process before being implemented.; ; Policies dictate that any critical changes to internal infrastructure, such as major redesigns or updates, are subject to security and technical review, along with a vulnerability assessment and penetration test, if applicable.
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: The Threat Management Programme proactively governs threats that include the identification, assessment and remediation of threats to Fortinet’s systems, data and business processes.; ; This is done through the implementation of The Threat Awareness Programme, Integration of Threat Intelligence Feeds and Insider Threat Programme, including education. Potential threats are found using a combination of new intelligence from threat feeds but also through reporting via internal Fortinet staff or third parties. ; ; Should a potential threat be uncovered Fortinet have a target patch time of a minimum of 7 days to a maximum of 90 days, depending on the severity of the threat.
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: Potential compromises to the Fortinet internal systems are found through the Threat Management Programme. New vulnerabilities may be discovered through amended penetration testing methods from discovered vulnerabilities through the Threat Feeds, or via the Security Operations Centre. ; ; If a compromise is found a dedicated internal team is mobilised to review the compromise and remediate against it. This follows a pre-defined Incident Response Plan. The Security team aim to isolate and remediate threats as soon as possible after they have been discovered.
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Incident management approach: Fortinet have a defined Incident Response Operation Policy (IRO). IRO encompasses a defined policy for how users report actual or suspected cybersecurity incidents, along with root cause analysis and lessons learnt procedure. Furthermore, the document includes an Incident Response Plan (IRP), defining how Fortinet security staff and IT respond to actual or suspected cybersecurity incidents.
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: Yes

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Supplier-defined process

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Pricing

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

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: Bureau Veritas Certification Holding SAS - UK Branch
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: Thursday 20 March 2025
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: This ISO certification covers the following: ; The provision of the boxxe IMS is the protection of boxxe and its client’s sensitive; information for the secure design and development, maintenance and support of; boxxe infrastructure. The IMS covers all our business activities provided to the; corporate and public sector organisations with hardware, software, and services; across a range of technologies including hosting solutions and infrastructure; management, datacentre, Hardware and Network components, IT Consultancy,; Support services including a 24hr SOC, workplace and security through our Platform, Workplace, Security, Data and Digital Hubs.
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification: Bureau Veritas Certification Holding SAS - UK Branch
• ISO 9001 accreditation date: Wednesday 29 January 2025
• What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover: The ISO 9001 certification covers the Secure design and development, maintenance and support of Boxxe infrastructure. Provision of hosting solutions, infrastructure management, datacentre, hardware and network components, IT consultancy, 24hr security operations centre.
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number: Ac8b5c76-ae90-4a86-b680-e7199db14911
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number: 8f30cbc9-1d85-4619-aa5b-5d906f7fe25a
• 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
    • Plans to engage the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace issues to address
    • 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
    • Monitoring and reporting of gender and ethnicity pay gaps and plans to address them where necessary
    • 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 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

  • 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 positive actions with community groups.
    • Measures for making facilities used in the delivery of the contract available for community groups, education or training
    • 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

  • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

  • 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

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