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International Research into International Equality Legislation

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

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Summary of the contracting process

The Scottish Government has completed a procurement process for the tender titled "International Research into International Equality Legislation" in the services category. The procurement was carried out in Edinburgh, UK, with an award notice published on 9th May 2023. The buying organisation, Scottish Government, aimed to commission a review of international equality duties and their impact on public sector functions to advance equality. The tender was conducted as an open procedure with the award of £16,558 to Leading Kind Limited.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses, particularly SMEs, interested in services related to equality legislation and public sector functions. The tender aims to inform policy decisions on the review of the Public Sector Equality Duty in Scotland by researching international equality duties. Businesses with expertise in policy research, international legislation analysis, and consulting services in equality legislation could be well-suited to compete for this tender and contribute to advancing equality practices in the public sector.

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Notice Title

International Research into International Equality Legislation

Notice Description

The Scottish Government, on behalf of the Scottish Ministers wishes to commission a review of international equality duties and how these compare to the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012. The research aims to outline how international equality duties impact the public sector, and those carrying out public functions (such as health care, education and transportation) to advance and mainstream equality.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Scottish Government (SG), on behalf of the Scottish Ministers wishes to commission a review of international equality duties and how these compare to The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012. The review aims to explicitly outline how international equality duties impact the public sector, and those carrying out public functions (such as health care, education and transportation) to advance and mainstream equality. The Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) is a duty on public bodies, and those carrying out public functions, which was created by Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. It was developed in order to consolidate specific duties in respect of race, gender and disability that were all previously contained in separate Acts and extended it to other relevant protected characteristics. The SSDs are intended to provide a supporting framework to enable certain public authorities to better perform their PSED, through enhanced data collection and evaluation, and greater transparency and accountability. In this way, the specific duties help authorities to better perform their duty to have 'due regard' to the 3 needs of the PSED, and to mainstream equality in their everyday work. The Scottish Government recognise that for regulations to work well and to deliver tangible benefits we need to fully understand how they are working in practice and how they can be strengthened in order to deliver positive change. The aim of this research is to provide the Scottish Government with timely, robust information on International Equality Duties and Legislation to enable a strong evidence base to help inform, futureproof and ensure robust revised regulations as we review the Public Sector Equality Duty in Scotland. This research aims to inform policy decisions on the review of the Public Sector Equality Duty in Scotland by researching international duties and how these compare to proposed and current duties in Scotland. Specifically, the research specified has the following objectives: To identify countries which have similar equality legislation to the current duties outlined in The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012. The criteria for similar legislation would be based on the outputs from the Scotland Specific Duties such as reporting on progress to mainstream equality, gather employee information, publish gender pay gap information and duty to publish in a manner that is accessible. To examine the key similarities and differences of international public equality duties comparative to the current Scottish Regulations; To outline where the Scottish Government's current consultation proposals are in line with or differ from equality legislation implemented in other countries; To research international evidence into the effectiveness of these similar duties; Highlight any equality legislation implemented in other countries which are deemed effective which differ from the Scottish Regulations, and explore reasons for the effectiveness of these; and To suggest how learning from this review might be applied to improve the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) in Scotland and feed into the Scottish Government's wider review of the Duty taking place It is expected that the vast majority of the research will be a desk based evidence review using published academic, grey and digital literature. However, there may be a need to supplement this desk-based work with some interviews where the detail is not available through literature.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000724920
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY478010
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services


CPV Codes

73110000 - Research services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£20,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
£20,000 Under £100K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£16,558 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 May 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
4 Apr 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
26 Apr 20232 years ago
Contract Period
12 May 2023 - 11 Sep 2023 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
Contact Name
Sarah Waugh
Contact Email
buildingstandards@gov.scot
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LIVINGSTON
Postcode
EH54 6GA
Post Town
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM14 West Lothian
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
West Lothian
Electoral Ward
Livingston South
Westminster Constituency
Livingston

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

LEADING KIND

Further Information

Notice Documents

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