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We are committed to equality of opportunity in all
aspects of our business activities.
An important part of this commitment is encouraging, and where
possible requiring, companies and other organisations which bid for
our services to practice equal opportunities.
We are legally responsible under the Race Relations Act 1976 and
will not award a contract to any contractor who breaches a race or
any other equality standard we observe.
This policy forms an important facet of our Race Equality Scheme
2005-2007 and will be periodically reviewed alongside this
document.
Our Equality and Diversity
team assist in the assessment of a contractor's compliance with
this policy.
We will incorporate equality and diversity issues in the
contracting process to ensure the following occur:
- Our equality and diversity policy is reflected in service
design, delivery and review.
- Our equality and diversity policy is reflected appropriately in
the process and procedure associated with tendering and procurement
generally.
- Community needs are reflected in service design, delivery and
review.
- Contractors fulfil their own equal opportunities obligations as
employers in respect of race and other equality and diversity
issues when carrying out work for us.
In order to answer any questions contained within our
pre-qualification questionnaire for inclusion on a tender list
download our
Guidance on Answering Equalities Questions
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