CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

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Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Provision of Anti Racist training to University of South Wales

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Having sought to develop our race equality agenda for several years, the University of South Wales (USW) is now moving into a significantly new period of change with the publication of its USW 2030 strategy mission: Changing lives and our world for a better tomorrow: USW will be a leading UK university, maximising positive impact for our students, partners, and communities.

Part of this change saw the University, on September 30th 2020, confirm its commitment to progress with the Advance HE Race Equality Charter. The decision was taken following significant feedback and consultation between members of the; University’s Executive Team, Equality & Diversity Steering Group (EDSG), and Race Religion Belief & Ethnicity sub-Group (RRBESG). Framed within the Advance HE Race Equality Charter‘s five fundamental guiding principles, and in line with the Welsh Government’s anti-racist action plan to tackle racialised inequity in its many intersecting facets.

Since committing to moving towards an anti-racist University we have started decolonisation of our curriculum, created our first Race Equality Action Plan, developed a Race Equality Team composed of; Race Equality Champions, F/T Race Equality Project Manager and Senior Research Assistant (vacant), supported by the EDI Manager and EDI Advisor.

Our Race Equality action plan is shaped by the following principles:

• Anti-racist and thus anti-deficit, with a focus on systemic and holistic change

• Race equity accountability and monitoring markers embedded at every level

• Steered by meaningful dialogue, collaboration and co-production with the workforce and students

• Intersectional by default and evidence-based by design

A critical part of laying the foundation for this change is to create a consistent level of understanding, knowledge and awareness of what it means and takes to be a truly anti-racist University. Therefore, we are seeking to commission individual/s or organisation to deliver anti-racist awareness raising workshops to all our USW staff members.

USW has approximately 2000 members of staff delivering both academic and professional services across our different sites: Newport, Cardiff, Treforest, Glyntaff, Sport Park (Pontypridd).

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=125557.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

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Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

Within a Welsh context, focus on issues within HE and related to industries USW feeds into through vocational Courses | University of South Wales.

Related sector research: Equality and Human Rights Commission report Tackling racial harassment: universities challenged and the Universities UK report Tackling racial harassment in higher education.

Workshop style required: Interactive workshop with activities and discussion; including time for attendee questions and sharing of experiences.

Themes identified via staff feedback, research and analysis of data in relation to complaints; recruitment, retention and progression.

• Holistic perspective: what is racism within community, society and in the workplace (Higher Education) and: what are the impacts of racism including racial trauma, differential attainment and experience, recruitment, retention and progression.

• What does it mean to be anti-racist

• White privilege and white fragility

• Microaggressions

• Intersectional awareness and incorporation into training critical

• Transferable day to day strategies to becoming anti-racist in practice including: allyship, active bystander; recruitment practices; removing barriers to progression etc

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Applying individual/s or organisation must;

Have lived experience;

Be able to evidence proven track record in delivering effective anti-racist workshops to public sector audiences of varying levels of understanding, knowledge, awareness and experience including lived experience.

Be able to provide 2 letters of recommendation as part of submission process.

Confirm adherence to the USW Terms and Conditions as enclosed with this tender.

Hold the relevant levels of insurance as stipulated

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

1773

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Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

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Additional Information

The timetable is critical for the successful delivery of the training.

Your tender submission will be evaluated in line with the criteria and weightings.

All queries are to take place within the portal via the Q & A function attached to this notice. The deadline for

queries is Midday, Thursday 27th October 2022.

Your tender submission must be uploaded to the Sell2Wales portal Postbox.

Your submission must be received by the closing time and date of midday, Wednesday 2nd November 2022.

You should allow adequate time for the loading of your documents so as to ensure receipt as the Postbox will

electronically close at the deadline time and no further submissions will be accepted.

Please see the guidance document for details of how to use the Postbox function.

(WA Ref:125557)

Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice