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title: "5-063 Strategic alignment Review Tool (StART) Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) assessments"
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# 5-063 Strategic alignment Review Tool (StART) Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) assessments

Buyer: HIGHWAYS ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6ed29cb1-b1cc-4f91-a8c4-564087ea7d12

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## Summary

Highways England is seeking technical consultancy services for the Strategic Alignment Review Tool (StART) focusing on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) assessments. The procurement process is currently in the Award stage, with the contract awarded on 23 August 2019. The total contract value is £89,990, and the contract period runs from 23 August 2019 to 31 March 2020. This procurement falls under the Research and Development Services and Related Consultancy Services category, and the tender period for submissions closed on 21 August 2019.

This tender presents a valuable opportunity for businesses specialising in technical consultancy, particularly those with expertise in EDI assessments. Companies that offer support for supplier briefings, skilled assessors, and have experience in delivering assessments aligned with public sector equality duties would be particularly well-suited to engage in future opportunities in this sector. With a significant focus on supplier development and EDI, businesses that can demonstrate alignment with these goals may find lucrative prospects in subsequent contracts with Highways England and similar organisations.

## Notice

Highways England requires further technical consultancy to conclude the programme of Strategic Alignment Assessment Review Toolkit (StART3). This work package is to undertake an EDI only round of assessments. This is to ensure that Highways England has complied with the Governments Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) of increasing EDI by 15% by March 2020. The completion of the current StART process along with further StART assessments will ensure Highways England has a supply chain aligned to the organisation, particularly considering the change to Highways England and the challenge of successfully delivering the RIS. StART will also contribute to: improved supplier alignment with Highways England's Supply Chain Strategy enable benchmark of performance a source of intelligence around key strategic areas such as capacity and capability, sustainability and efficiency and innovation and inclusion which inputs into our supplier relationship programme and other HE initiatives. Sharing of best practice within the supply chain community and the sector. support supplier development support our Supplier Equality Duty Target (increase of 15% by 2020) 3.2 Key objectives Highways England requires specialist Technical Consultant Support to: Support supplier briefings on the StART process Provide skilled/appropriately experienced assessors Conduct EDI assessments to ensure the PSED requirement has been met Provide post assessment feedback and reporting including strengths in each area and areas for improvement. Provide a summary report at the end of each full assessment round to give a summary of the scores, key strengths and improvement ideas in each area.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/690cbed2-352a-4d6a-8b5c-468255706125 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Aug 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 21 Aug 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 22 Aug 2019 |
| Contract period | 22 Aug 2019 - 31 Mar 2020 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £89,990 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £89,990 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | HIGHWAYS ENGLAND |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B1 1RN |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Ladywood |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ROWSELL WRIGHT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 27 Aug 2019 at 09:52 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/690cbed2-352a-4d6a-8b5c-468255706125

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/690cbed2-352a-4d6a-8b5c-468255706125
  27th August 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/c1852c14-de40-4136-8bbd-908d35e0e66c
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