# GB-London: Implementing Diverse by Design for adult social care

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Improvement and Development Agency.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Improvement and Development Agency](/buyers/improvement-and-development-agency/contract-awards)
- Supplier: Hodges and Associates Ltd
- Award value: £43,200
- Tender value: £43,200
- Award date: 16 September 2024
- Published: 23 September 2024
- Contract start: 23 September 2024
- Contract end: 31 March 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b342035a-45e3-4446-8aac-cc0f9cdfd08f-787660
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9e6a3d4a-3d2e-458f-8fb0-38c708b74761

## Description

Across the adult care sector, we have a shared ambition to promote and support a diverse and inclusive workforce that can represent and reflect communities served\. This work will support with translating this ambition into the practical steps to make it a reality\. With this in mind, this project seeks to - a\)support council adult social care \(ASC\) teams to embed fair values, systems, and behaviours in the workplace\. b\)enable ASC teams to evaluate their current approach to community engagement and relationship building through the lens of equality, diversity, and inclusion \(EDI\)\. Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises \(SMEs\)\. However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b342035a-45e3-4446-8aac-cc0f9cdfd08f-787660)