# National Equality Standard Assessment

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Government Digital Service](/buyers/government-digital-service/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [ERNST & YOUNG LLP](/contract-winners/ernst-young/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £25,000
- Tender value: £25,000
- Award date: 25 October 2016
- Published: 12 December 2017
- Contract start: 1 November 2016
- Contract end: 1 January 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 987cc35a-0716-4250-bea1-043fad577951-179500
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-22f0998b-5b90-4dea-b636-365b657d7af8

## Description

The requirements are for a National Equality Standard Assessment\. Support to drive through our culture and behaviour to ensure we embed the values around equality, diversity and inclusion, whilst ensuring we are adhering to the Equality Act 2010\. In order to drive this forward we require an assessment against the national equality standard to benchmark our current activity and action plan where we need to improve in order to reach the national standard\. The NES will undertake a comprehensive assessment specifically focused on Diversity and Inclusion within GDS\. Activity will include; share and support best practice standard, provide a single reference point incorporating all elements of the Equality Act 2010, aim to significantly impact the way diversity and inclusion is integrated into everyday business activity across GDS and help provide pragmatic solutions to support GDS reach our aspirations in relations to diversity and inclusion\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/987cc35a-0716-4250-bea1-043fad577951-179500)