CDW LIMITED

CDW CrowdStrike Falcon Complete Next-Gen MDR

Falcon Complete is a managed detection and response solution designed to proactively stop breaches across endpoints, cloud workloads and identities. Falcon Complete is powered 24/7 by an elite team of security experts in monitoring and management with human threat hunting, AI-driven threat intelligence and end-to-end, hands-on surgical remediation.

Features

• Experts in the CrowdStrike Falcon Platform
• Proactive Management and Optimization
• Continuous Human Threat Hunting
• 24/7 Monitoring and Response
• Surgical Remediation
• Breach Prevention Warranty
• Augment Your Team with the Deepest Expertise
• Eradicate Threats in Minutes.
• Eliminate Risks and Unleash Enormous Savings

Benefits

• experience in incident handling, incident response, forensics, SOC analysis
• ensure your environment can combat the latest threats
• 24/7 monitoring by the Falcon OverWatch team
• identifying potential intrusions at their earliest stages
• surgically remove persistence mechanisms, stop active processes
• breach prevention warranty* to cover costs up to $1 million
• focused expertise to stop threats through continuous vigilance

• 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

878511377697716

Contact

Andy Wood
0161 837 7744
tenders@uk.cdw.com

About your service

• Service categories:

  Systems Infrastructure Software

  Security

  • Endpoint security
  • Security analytics

  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: CrowdStrike Falcon Platform
• Cloud deployment model: Hybrid cloud
• Service constraints: None
• System requirements:
  • 40-100MB of disk space
  • 40MB Memory
  • 1% CPU Utilization

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: Each support issue is prioritized when a support ticket is opened via email, support portal or by phone for CrowdStrike Support's After-Hours and Emergency line for P1/P2 emergency issues. The TSE (Technical Support Engineer) will either work directly with you until the issue is resolved or escalate it to the related engineering team. CrowdStrike Standard support is 8 working hours SLA, Premium support is 4 working hours. P1 cases are 1 hour 24x7.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA
• 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: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Web chat accessibility testing: CrowdStrike offers various levels of support; from email communications, access to the support portal and standard troubleshooting or technical assistance; and a Technical Account Manager (TAM).
• Onsite support: Yes
• Support levels: "Crowdstrike provides multiple levels of support, managed services (MDR), and professional services. Our support offerings include Standard, Express, Essential, and Elite Support. Please reference this link for a detailed comparison of each support offering: https://www.crowdstrike.com/resources/data-sheets/crowdstrike-falcon-support-offerings/; Standard Support is included with all Falcon Subscriptions at no charge. This is includes our support portal with knowledge base articles and 24/6/365 Priority One Phone Support Only.; Express Support is designed for customers with no more than 2500 endpoints. It includes 24/7/365 phone support & live chat, pooled technical account manager, case prioritization, quarterly health checks & reports, and an onboarding webinar. It is 12% of your total licence cost and does not exceed $10K annually.; Essential Support, which includes everything with Express Support plus a product specialist, 30 days of guided onboarding, proactive case management, and operational reviews. Essential support is 12% of your total license cost, with a minimum cost of $10k annually.; Elite Support is designed for our largest and most complex customers and includes a product & industry specialist assigned to your account. Elite support is 25% of your total license cost. "
• Support available to third parties: Yes
• AI chatbot: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Training is available through the CrowdStrike University online training portal. There is robust product documentation as well as access to our support portal with a comprehensive knowledge base that includes best practices and recommendation videos. Advanced level training classes require two training credits and a valid annual access pass.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats:
  • HTML
  • ODF
  • PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: Customer confidential data collected by Falcon is retained in active storage for up to 90 days, and is deleted based on a rolling retention schedule. Each customer chooses their own retention period within the 90 day window. Destruction of a Customer’s Confidential Information across all CrowdStrike systems occurs upon Customer’s written request, unless otherwise expressly agreed to between the Customer and CrowdStrike.
• End-of-contract process: Customer confidential data collected by Falcon is retained in active storage for up to 90 days, and is deleted based on a rolling retention schedule. Each customer chooses their own retention period within the 90 day window. Destruction of a Customer Confidential Information (CCI) across all CrowdStrike systems occurs upon customer’s written request, unless otherwise expressly agreed to between the customer and CrowdStrike.
• Documentation accessibility standard: WCAG 2.2 AA

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers: Chrome
• Application to install: Yes
• Compatible operating systems:
  • Android
  • IOS
  • Linux or Unix
  • MacOS
  • Windows
  • ChromeOS
• Designed for use on mobile devices: Yes
• Differences between the mobile and desktop service: Falcon for Mobile lets you see events from your environment’s mobile devices, including iOS and Android cell phones and tablets. On iOS devices, Falcon for Mobile has access to data that could indicate a device is compromised, such as jailbreaking. It also gathers basic activity, like copy/paste events. On Android devices, it shares basic statistics, including battery usage and copy/paste events. The baseline mobile data shared with Falcon doesn’t contain private or personal information, such as text messages, emails, or browsing history.
• Service interface: Yes
• User support accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Description of service interface: The CrowdStrike Falcon mobile app has a minimalist user interface for the end-user, primarily designed to run silently in the background. The app generally only provides visual feedback if a threat is detected or to display a "no threats found" status, with detailed management handled through a separate, web-based administrative console.
• Accessibility standards: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Accessibility testing: The extent to which an CrowdStrike product offering ("Offering") is, at the time of delivery, capable of providing comparable access to individuals with disabilities consistent with the applicable provisions of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, in effect as of the date of this RFP response, is indicated by the comments and exceptions (if any) specified on the applicable Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT), provided that such Offering is used in accordance with the applicable documentation provided with the Offering and that any assistive technologies and any other products used with the Offering properly interoperate with such Offering. In the event that no VPAT is available for a particular Offering, the outcome may be that an Offering is still being evaluated for accessibility, may be scheduled to meet accessibility standards in a future release, or may not be scheduled to meet accessibility standards at all.
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: CrowdStrike is an API-first company and Falcon Connect provides bi-directional APIs, resources and tools needed by customers and partners to develop, integrate and extend the use of the Falcon Platform itself, and to provide interoperability with other security platforms and tools. The CrowdStrike Orchestration and Automation initiative builds on CrowdStrike’s Elevate Partner Program for technology partners, making it easy for you to seamlessly integrate Orchestration Platforms like ServiceNow, Swimlane, Phantom, Demisto or use the APIs instead of the console. The CrowdStrike API is a set of REST-based API endpoints that allow you to perform actions programmatically instead of using Falcon console.
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats:
  • Open API (also known as Swagger)
  • HTML
  • ODF
  • PDF
• API sandbox or test environment: Yes
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: We have the largest cloud platform on the market that offers the largest consolidation of tools, agents, and dashboards into one unified single global solution; CrowdStrike offers multiple modules, all delivered through one agent, offering unique customization.

Scaling

• Independence of resources: CrowdStrike will work with the Customer upon contract negotiation to scope the engagement accurately so resources can be allocated to meet the resource demands of the organization.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: CrowdStrike has a variety of built-in dashboards within the console to provide detailed reporting statistics and important metrics, including but not limited to sensor health; sensor statistics (online, platform, sensors requiring attention), Detections by Scenario, Detections by Severity, Top 10 Hosts (detections), Top 10 Users (detections), Top 10 Files (malicious and suspicious) and a global map of all sensors.; ; In addition, a query based in Splunk format can also run on the Event Search page to query 400+ telemetry data including network connection information and OS information.
• Reporting types:
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request
• Resource tagging: Yes
• FOCUS resource tagging: Yes

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller (no extras)
• Organisation whose services are being resold: CrowdStrike

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:
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • Other locations
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 4.0)
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: ‘IT Health Check’ performed by a CHECK service provider
• Protecting data at rest:
  • Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v4.0
  • Physical access control, complying with SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
  • Other
• Other data at rest protection approach: Encryption at rest is provided by FIPS 140-2 validated AES-256 encryption as implemented by AWS volume-level encryption.
• 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
  • Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation / Secure Erase

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: The raw data can be exported as well via Falcon Data Replicator to store the data on-premise as long as the customer needs it.
• Data export formats:
  • CSV
  • ODF
  • Other
• Other data export formats: PDF
• Data import formats:
  • CSV
  • ODF
  • Other
• Other data import formats: PDF

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • Other
• Other protection between networks: Customer data traverses the internet from Falcon agents on customer systems to CrowdStrike’s cloud environment using TLS 1.2 encryption over Port 443 with at least AES-128 or stronger algorithms. The CrowdStrike certificate is pinned in the Falcon agent so that it cannot be subject to a man-in-the-middle attack using another certificate, even if issued by a provider trusted by the endpoint.
• Data protection within supplier network:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • Other
• Other protection within supplier network: Customer data traverses the internet from Falcon agents on customer systems to CrowdStrike’s cloud environment using TLS 1.2 encryption over Port 443 with at least AES-128 or stronger algorithms. The CrowdStrike certificate is pinned in the Falcon agent so that it cannot be subject to a man-in-the-middle attack using another certificate, even if issued by a provider trusted by the endpoint.

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: The SLA around Falcon Platform is 99.9% uptime. We leverage the Amazon cloud and have built the CrowdStrike platform to be fully cloud based from its inception. This means resiliency, redundancy, and high availability are the core facets of the solution. Our SLA's and services are tracked internally, and disruptions are disclosed to the customer along with details of resolutions.
• Approach to resilience: CrowdStrike's business continuity program is based on establishing and maintaining high availability and automated recovery for customer facing services. The program is managed by CrowdStrike's Business Resilience group and implemented in coordination with all major lines of business, with oversight from senior management.
• Outage reporting: Tech Alerts are communicated to CrowdStrike's customers through the company's online support service. Customers can also sign up for email notifications. The RTO for critical elements of the Falcon platform is 2 hours for events within CrowdStrike's direct control. As CrowdStrike's Cloud Services are designed for high availability, the associated RPO for customer data is zero hours.

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
  • Other
• Other user authentication: User access to the Falcon cloud platform requires either Single Sign-On via the customer's identity provider, or direct login with multi-factor authentication.
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: CrowdStrike's corporate VPN enforces equipment identification and multi-factor authentication for granting access to the company's internal network. Access to restricted systems within the network requires additional privilges to be approved and assigned to an individual.
• 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
  • Other
• Description of management access authentication: CrowdStrike's corporate VPN enforces equipment identification and multi-factor authentication for granting access to the company's internal network. Access to restricted systems within the network requires additional privilges to be approved and assigned to an individual.

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 contact the support team to get 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: CrowdStrike has established formal policies and procedures to provide employees a common baseline for information security standards and guidance. The CrowdStrike Information Security and Privacy policy establishes guidelines for protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems and data.
• 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: CrowdStrike's internal operations follow a documented change management procedure. Access control, infrastructure and application changes are documented and tracked through internal ticketing systems that capture review and authorization for the change.
• Vulnerability management type: Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Vulnerability management approach: Vulnerability remediation is a multi-stage process where findings from scans are assessed, triaged, and assigned for remediation through internal ticketing systems. Remediation timeframes are dependent on the severity of the issue.
• Protective monitoring type: Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Protective monitoring approach: Monitoring and alerting are configured by CrowdStrike Security teams to identify and notify operational and management personnel of incidents when early warning thresholds are crossed on key operational metrics.
• 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: CrowdStrike has developed a formal incident response plan which is documented to provide a well-defined, organized approach for handling any potential threat to CrowdStrike systems and data.
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: Yes

Secure development

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

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: Yes
• Free trial available: Yes
• Description of free trial: CrowdStrike free trial is a 15-day offer for its Falcon cybersecurity platform, providing access to next-generation antivirus, USB device control, and mobile security. Users can test core features like Falcon Prevent and Device Control, view three test detections to see how the platform works, and have access to express support.
• Link to free trial: https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-gb/products/trials/try-falcon/

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

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

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

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

Social value

• Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery:

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 1: Fair work: That offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country. Notes: Where there is a large proportion of labour costs in the contract, commercial teams should consider MAC in Outcome 1 as a priority

    • New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
    • New apprenticeships on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b
    • Providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified
    • Plans to engage the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace issues to address
    • Ensuring new workers are informed of their right to join a trade union
    • Monitoring of employee engagement rates (by protected characteristic) and, where necessary, the development of actions to ensure all voices are heard across the diversity of the workforce
    • Employment contracts that reflect actual hours worked; steps taken to ensure employees understand their contracts and have the ability to review and adjust them if actual hours regularly exceed contracted hours
    • Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about, and feel empowered to, address their physical wellbeing
    • Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about and feel empowered to report and address bullying and harassment
    • Activities to cascade good practice on fair working conditions throughout the supply chain
    • Offer a pay and leave entitlement to all eligible staff who become kinship carers, ideally equivalent to statutory adoption pay and leave
    • Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
    • Monitoring and reporting of gender and ethnicity pay gaps and plans to address them where necessary
    • Entitlement to sick pay for the contract workforce, with provision in place for any staff who do not meet the earnings threshold for statutory sick pay, payment of sick pay from day one of absence and payment of staff on the contract workforce who are off sick a replacement income of 100% of their usual earnings for as long as possible
    • Plans for an appropriate income replacement policy for staff who are required to spend time away from work to care for a sick dependent or close relative
    • Understanding of in-work progression issues affecting the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
    • Measures to support in-work progression to help people in the contract workforce, to move into higher paid work by developing new skills relevant to the contract
    • Support for the contract workforce by providing career advice, and providing opportunities for staff working on the contract with in-work progression career development into known skills shortages or high growth areas
    • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
    • Volunteering opportunities for staff
    • Understanding of the modern slavery risks and issues affecting the market, industry, sector or country (of origin or of source) relevant to the contract, and the workforce in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key subcontractors
    • Measures to identify, mitigate and manage modern slavery risks relating to the contract and how these will be implemented
    • Outline policies and practices to be applied to or put in place for the contract to mitigate and manage modern slavery risks, including: Pre-employment checks, recruitment practices. Workplace conditions, safeguarding plans and processes in place and regular monitoring with relevant groups considered, which may include sampling
    • How these flow down the supply chain and are monitored Illustrative examples include reporting, site visits, audits, etc.
    • How to ensure business decisions re: price/cost, short lead times, payment timescales do not create modern slavery risks in the supply chain
    • Means of influencing staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders with respect to modern slavery risks relating to the contract

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 2: Skills for growth: Supporting growth sectors and addressing skills gaps.

    • Understanding of employment and relevant skills issues, and of the education and training issues relating to the contract. Illustrative examples: demographics, skills shortages, new opportunities in high growth sectors, geographic/local community and skills/employment challenges
    • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
    • Activities to support relevant sector related skills growth and sustainability in the contract workforce. Illustrative examples: careers talks, curriculum support, literacy support, safety talks and volunteering
    • Delivery of apprenticeships, supported internships and T Level industry placement opportunities (Level 2, 3 and 4+) in relation to the contract

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 3: Resilient, innovative and flexible supply chains: Support economic growth through enabling resilient businesses, opportunities for small businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises

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

  • Mission: Make Britain a clean energy superpower: To cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero

    Policy Outcome 4: Sustainable procurement practices: Reducing carbon footprints, minimising waste, and promoting the use of clean energy and green technologies.

    • Understanding of opportunities for additional environmental benefits delivery in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Collaborative ways of working with the supply chain to deliver additional environmental benefits in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Delivery of additional environmental benefits through the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Understanding of how to influence staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders through the delivery of the contract to support climate and nature protection and improvement
    • Activities to reconnect people with the environment and increase awareness of ways to protect and enhance it

  • Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain

    Policy Outcome 6: Employment and training: For those who face barriers to employment

    • Understanding of employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
    • Creation of employment opportunities particularly for those who face barriers to employment, such as prison leavers, care leavers and/or who are located in deprived areas, and for people in industries with known skills shortages or in high growth sectors
    • Delivery of training schemes and programmes to address any identified skills gaps and under-representation in the workforce for the contract (e.g. prison leavers, care leavers, kinship carers, disabled people)
    • Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
    • Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
    • Collection of the views and expertise of disabled people and their representative organisations on successfully supporting disabled employees or applicants
    • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, and retention-focused activities, including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
    • Introducing transparency to pay and reward processes
    • Offering a range of quality opportunities with routes of progression if appropriate, e.g. T Level industry placements, students supported into higher level apprenticeships.
    • Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
    • Other measures to provide equality of opportunity for disabled people and those with health conditions into employment, including becoming a Disability Confident employer and inclusion of supported businesses in the contract supply chain
    • Understanding of the issues affecting inequality in employment, skills and pay in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors. Measures to tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce
    • Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition

  • Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain

    Policy Outcome 7: Creating a pipeline of opportunities: For the contract workforce, reducing barriers to entry for under-represented groups.

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

  • Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future: That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.

    Policy Outcome 8: Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: In the supply chain and communities in the relevant area.

    • Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
    • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, development practices and retention policies that support-focused activities including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing which support people with a disability or health condition
    • Actions to invest in the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the contract workforce

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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