Published date: 15 December 2023

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: 12 February 2024, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£1,715,000

Procurement reference

BIP830543659

Published date

15 December 2023

Closing date

12 February 2024

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

To ensure that industry has enough people to deliver the pipeline of work, we need to recruit more people, from more diverse backgrounds and improve retention across construction. There is an opportunity to increase numbers entering the industry by bringing in people from different demographics. However, evidence tells us that progress on this is slow. There is also evidence that retention is negatively impacted by the fact that industry is not reflective of society in its diversity which is a wider challenge as being inclusive helps to retain the existing talent within the industry. This commission is seeking a provider to make EDI training available through an online portal to tackle these issues by: Driving increased uptake across all areas of industry of available EDI training (including different subsectors and sizes of business) Review and improve existing EDI training resources to ensure they are suitable for SMEs and meet all the current legislation. Produce SMEs/Micro case studies to demonstrate the benefits of inclusive recruitment to small businesses. CITB will be holding a launch webinar on Monday 8th January 2024 at 11am to explain the commission further and answer any question. Please click on the link below to join the webinar https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:[EMAILMATCH_0]/0?context={"Tid":"e32fcdb1-bebe-44eb-be1c-ef4700387163","Oid":"69bda40a-de6f-4959-99dc-188f3e13fd53","IsBroadcastMeeting":true,"role":"a"}&btype=a&role=a

More information

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About the buyer

Address

Sand Martin House
Bittern Way
Peterborough
PE2 8TY
UK

Telephone

+447900227048

Email

veronique.durand@citb.co.uk