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<p> </p><p>Core Defra follows Cabinet Office advice in meeting its obligations under
the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), which is part of the Equality Act 2010, when
considering bids for commercial contracts or grants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As
part of our evaluation criteria we ask each bidder to provide evidence of their equality
and diversity policy or an equivalent document which demonstrates their organisation's
commitment to equality and diversity and which is compliant with the relevant legislation.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We ask each bidder to describe the steps they have taken to:</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· monitor equality and diversity performance;</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>· implement training programmes for raising awareness;</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>· ensure staff and sub-contractors working on the contract comply appropriately
with the relevant legislation;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· address cases of discrimination
and other breaches and set out measures for preventing recurrences; and</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>· give the Department full confidence in their organisation's approach
to equality and diversity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A score is allocated to the
bidder's response to these questions which forms part of the overall technical evaluation
of the bid.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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