Published date: 17 November 2020

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 4 December 2020, 11pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Equal opportunities consultancy services - 98200000

Location of contract

Scotland

Value of contract

£100,000 to £500,000

Procurement reference

BIP541454595

Published date

17 November 2020

Closing date

4 December 2020

Closing time

11pm

Contract start date

1 February 2021

Contract end date

31 January 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

Introduction

Scottish Water is seeking a Managed Service to provide an end-end solution that supports the efficient management of Workplace Adjustments. The service would manage Workplace Adjustment requests from the point of receiving a request through the stages of assessing the Adjustment need, procuring a solution to address the need identified and implementing solutions with employees who have requested Workplace Adjustments.

Background

The requirements of the Equality Act 2010 are to prevent a disabled employee or job applicant from being at a substantial disadvantage compared with a person who is not disabled, by:

•Changing what work looks like to overcome any substantial disadvantages
•Making changes to environmental features to overcome physical barriers
•Providing auxiliary aids or services to assist the disabled person.

In addition to these regulatory requirements, Scottish Water is keen to support all employees who have a Workplace Adjustment need to create workplace equity, both now and in the future. 


Mandatory Requirements

Bidders must be able to provide a managed end-to-end service following referral by SW, to assess, source, procure and implement work place adjustments for an employee. They must provide a single consistent point of contact for the employee and their line manager during service delivery. Responses that do not demonstrate that the bidder can meet these mandatory requirements will be rejected.

Objectives / Scope of Services

The key outcomes are:
•Establish clear understanding of Workplace Adjustments within the Scottish Water workplace, underpinned by accessible supportive guidance
for employees and Line Managers.
•Robust end to end implementation and control of Workplace Adjustments, supported by a formal processes.
•Consistent data management enabled through the use of a single secure data repository.
•New processes embedded through accessible relevant training materials and ambassador networks.
•Formal guidelines documented for support of the process.
•Provision of an appropriate single secure repository for Workplace Adjustments data storage that adheres to GDPR requirements.


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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.


About the buyer

Contact name

Struan MacAra

Address

6 Buchanan Gate
Glasgow
G33 6FB
UK

Telephone

+447880460643

Email

struan.macara@scottishwater.co.uk