Published date: 16 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: 18 November 2020, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Financial and insurance services - 66000000

Location of contract

EC1Y 8YZ

Value of contract

£1 to £15,000

Procurement reference

C0126-RT-EAG

Published date

16 November 2020

Closing date

18 November 2020

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

15 January 2021

Contract end date

15 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Expression of interest. The Electoral Commission requires additional specialised resource to carry out a review of how the organisation at a UK-wide and Wales level complies with the statutory Welsh language standards. This will ensure we meet our statutory responsibility in relation to the legislation and the duties set by the Welsh Language Commissioner in the Compliance Notice ( http://www.comisiynyddygymraeg.cymru/English/Publications List/20170213 Hysbysiad Cydymffurfio44 Y Comisiwn Etholiadol (en).pdf ) and continue to develop good practice in the bilingual services we provide both internally and externally.
This service provider will be appropriately skilled to undertake this work across all areas of work at the Commission and will be able to provide specialised advice both in terms of the Welsh language and wider public sector equality duties.
The main objectives are to:
o Undertake a comprehensive review of all of the Commission's processes and audit compliance with the Welsh language standards;
o Make the standards more explicit in our policy and guidance documents as well as our internal team practice procedures thus providing a strong safeguard on compliance with the standards;
o Consider how the services provided and our responsibilities fit in with our wider work and commitments to wider public sector equality duties, in particular the work around delivering effective Equality Impact Assessments
o Develop and manage an action plan including a series of recommendations and work with and advise all teams across the Commission to ensure that all recommendations are able to be effectively implemented.
The work will need to be conducted in this (2020-21) financial year and we expect it should involve no more than two persons to complete in less than three months.
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Mynegi diddordeb. Mae'r Comisiwn Etholiadol yn gofyn am adnoddau arbenigol ychwanegol i gynnal adolygiad o sut mae'r sefydliad ar lefel y DU a Chymru yn cydymffurfio ?'r safonau Cymraeg statudol. Bydd y gwaith hwn yn sicrhau ein bod bodloni ein cyfrifoldeb statudol mewn perthynas ?'r ddeddfwriaeth a'r dyletswyddau a bennir gan Gomisiynydd Iaith Gymraeg yn yr Hysbysiad Cydymffurfiaeth ( www.comisiynyddygymraeg.cymru/Cymraeg/Rhestr Cyhoeddiadau/20170213 Hysbysiad Cydymffurfio44 Y Comisiwn Etholiadol (cy).pdf ) ac yn parhau i ddatblygu arfer da yn y gwasanaethau dwyieithog a ddarparwn yn fewnol ac yn allanol.
Bydd y darparwr gwasanaeth hwn ?'r sgiliau priodol i gyflawni'r gwaith ar draws pob maes gwaith yn y Comisiwn a bydd yn gallu darparu cyngor arbenigol o ran yr iaith Gymraeg a dyletswyddau cydraddoldeb ehangach y sector cyhoeddus.

Y prif amcanion yw:
o Cynnal adolygiad cynhwysfawr o holl brosesau'r Comisiwn ac archwilio cydymffurfiad ? safonau'r Gymraeg;
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More information

Links

Additional text

Paul Stringer, Senior Procurement Adviser, Electoral Commission - pstringer@electoralcommission.org.uk

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Stringer

Address

London
London
London
EC1Y 8YZ
United Kingdom

Telephone

020 7271 0698

Email

pstringer@electoralcommission.org.uk