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Date of Screening:
10th March 2021
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Directorate: Delivery
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Section: Property
Services
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1. Activity to
be assessed
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Procurement and contract
award of the construction project to redevelop the Commercial
Depot
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2. What is the
activity?
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Policy/strategy
Function/procedure Project
Review
Service Organisational
change
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3. Is it a new
or existing activity?
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New Existing
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4. Officer
responsible for the screening
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Richard Payne
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5. Who are the
members of the screening team?
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Richard Payne & Stuart Green (Atkins
Project Manager)
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6. What is the
purpose of the activity?
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To seek approval of the contract award for the
redevelopment of the existing commercial depot site.
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7. Who is the
activity designed to benefit/target?
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The service is essential for meeting the
Council’s requirements and for ensuring employee and public
safety and by providing a more sustainable long term base for the
councils contracting team.
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Protected
Characteristics
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Please tick
yes or no
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Is there an impact?
What kind of equality impact may
there be? Is the impact positive or adverse or is there a potential
for both?
If the impact is neutral please
give a reason.
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What evidence do you
have to support this?
E.g equality monitoring data, consultation
results, customer satisfaction information etc
Please add a narrative to justify
your claims around impacts and describe the analysis and
interpretation of evidence to support your conclusion as this will
inform members decision making, include consultation
results/satisfaction information/equality monitoring
data
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8. Disability Equality – this can include
physical, mental health, learning or sensory disabilities and
includes conditions such as dementia as well as hearing or sight
impairment.
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Y
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N
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Positive
The new depot
will be a single storey & fully accessible building which will
be designed to meet current statutory requirements for disabled
access under Part M of the Building Regulations.
At Selection
Questionnaire stage, quality questions will be included which
ensures that contractors provide their own equalities policies for
the own internal workforce and sub-contractors.
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Statutory consent
for Building Regulation will ensure that the new facilities meet
current statutory requirements for disable access.
All tenders will
be asked standard questions at selection questionnaire stage,
including a request to submit any equalities polices they have in
place. Organisations will only be carried forward to tender stage
if the Council is satisfied with equalities obligations are able to
be met be the contractor
In the event that
the organisation does not have their own policy, for any reason
such as the size of the organisation, then the contractor will need
to acknowledge their equal opportunities responsibility by signing
a document which confirms they will works in accordance with the
Councils Policy.
We will also use
conditions of contract that clearly state the responsibility of the
contractor to monitor their workforce and have up to date policies
in place to ensure the promotion of equal opportunity
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9. Racial
equality
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N
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No impact as the
procurement of the contract is open to all contractors within the
UK.
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10. Gender
equality
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N
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No impact as the
procurement of the contract is open to all contractors within the
UK.
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11. Sexual
orientation equality
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N
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No impact as the
procurement of the contract is open to all contractors within the
UK.
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12. Gender
re-assignment
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N
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No impact as the
procurement of the contract is open to all contractors within the
UK.
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13. Age
equality
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N
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No impact as the
procurement of the contract is open to all contractors within the
UK.
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14. Religion and
belief equality
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N
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No impact as the
procurement of the contract is open to all contractors within the
UK.
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15. Pregnancy and
maternity equality
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N
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No impact as the
procurement of the contract is open to all contractors within the
UK.
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16. Marriage and
civil partnership equality
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N
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No impact as the
procurement of the contract is open to all contractors within the
UK.
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17. Please give
details of any other potential impacts on any other group (e.g.
those on lower incomes/carers/ex-offenders, armed forces
communities) and on promoting good community
relations.
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No impact as the procurement will
be through open tender.
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18. If an adverse/negative impact has been identified
can it be justified on grounds of promoting equality of opportunity
for one group or for any other reason?
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N/A
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19. If there is
any difference in the impact of the activity when considered for
each of the equality groups listed in 8 – 14 above; how
significant is the difference in terms of its nature and the number
of people likely to be affected?
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N/A
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20. Could the
impact constitute unlawful discrimination in relation to any of the
Equality Duties?
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N
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N/A
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21. What
further information or data is required to better understand the
impact? Where and how can that information be obtained?
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N/A
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22. On the
basis of sections 7 – 17 above is a full impact assessment
required?
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N
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No impact is expected as the
procurement will be open to all contractors to submit an expression
of interest at SQ stage.
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23. If a full impact assessment is not
required; what actions will you take to reduce or remove any
potential differential/adverse impact, to further promote equality
of opportunity through this activity or to obtain further
information or data? Please complete the action plan in
full, adding more rows as needed.
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Action
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Timescale
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Person
Responsible
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Milestone/Success
Criteria
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N/A
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N/A
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24. Which
service, business or work plan will these actions be included
in?
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An action plan is not required but the evaluation team will ensure
all requirements are made clear in the Specification of the
Invitation to Tender documents, so the successful contractor will
already have been made aware of any obligations.
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25. Please list the
current actions undertaken to advance equality or examples of good
practice identified as part of the screening?
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N/A
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 26. Assistant director’s
signature.
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 Signature:
 Date
11/0/21
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