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Support with tendering
The Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 both state that the way in which goods and services are delivered must not have an unequal impact on any particular community - and this extends to the suppliers and subcontractors any public sector organisation uses. Where any of the public sector organisations' functions is carried out by an external supplier, it also remains responsible for meeting the duty through the supply chain.
It is a requirement of the (Local Authority) Equality Standard that equality-related targets and objectives are set for suppliers and subcontractors, as well as systems to monitor progress towards those targets.
If the suppliers are not meeting those standards and targets; for example to have equalities monitoring in place or develop work in consultation with communities (to ensure services are appropriate and fit for purpose) then the public sector organisation will be held to account and may face prosecution.
Therefore, it is essential that all contractors through the entire supply chain are able to evidence their compliance and carry out their work in accordance with the legislation.
Your understanding of changing demographic markets, the greater sense of entitlement amongst the best (graduate) talent and the cultural dynamics that underpin buying decisions can assist you in developing a more sophisticated and effective approach to marketing. Working with your internal expertise, DiverCity can help facilitate a more productive strategy for accessing, engaging and communicating with diverse groups, across boundaries of gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion and belief, and ethnicity.
We can advise and support you in incorporating diversity into your strategies for corporate and product brands, aligning and projecting your values with those held by your target audience; ensuring that the values you want to promote are consistent and cohesive.
If you intend to write a bid or make a presentation that includes diversity and the ability to promote your commitment to equal opportunities and good practice then we can help you to:
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Assist you to translate requirements
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Support you in evidencing your commitment to equality and diversity
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Ensure relevant information is collated making tendering applications faster
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Prove you meet tender criteria
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Help you to complete applications
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Maximise your marketing activity through understanding your clients’ diversity related needs
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Use diversity to get onto the Preferred Supplier Lists (PSL) of more public sector clients
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Use diversity to get onto the PSL lists of more private sector clients
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Attraction of talent & advertising - ensure that you are not inadvertently causing applicants to deselect themselves
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