As an organisation, we want to ensure that when we source goods, facilities and services from external suppliers that they abide by and reflect our equality aspirations.
We will ensure that our suppliers are aware of the requirements of our Equality Scheme and that they have robust processes to guard against inequality. We would exclude contractors who do not comply with or who are not committed to meeting the minimum tendering criteria i.e. compliance with the race, disability and gender duties and commitment to the other equality strands.
Our Procurement Manual for staff is a dynamic document which provides practical advice to staff on building equality considerations into procurement processes. Changing legislative requirements for equality are reflected in the Procurement Manual on advice from the Legal Services Team and the Equality and Access Team.
We endeavour to refine our procurement procedures to improve monitoring of equality considerations set out in contractors’ tender proposals in partnership with Value Wales.
