PART 3Award of public contracts and procedures
CHAPTER 2Competitive award
Reserving contracts to certain suppliers
I132Reserving contracts to supported employment providers
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A competitive flexible procedure may provide for suppliers that are not supported employment providers to be excluded from participating in, or progressing as part of, the procedure.
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In assessing tenders under section 19, a contracting authority must disregard any tender from a supplier that is not a supported employment provider.
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A “supported employment provider” means an organisation that operates wholly or partly for the purpose of providing employment, or employment-related support, to disabled or disadvantaged individuals where—
a
disabled or disadvantaged individuals represent at least 30 per cent of the workforce of the organisation,
b
if a particular part of the organisation is to perform the contract, disabled or disadvantaged individuals represent at least 30 per cent of the workforce of that part of the organisation, or
c
if more than one organisation is to perform the contract, disabled or disadvantaged individuals represent at least 30 per cent of the combined workforce of—
i
those organisations,
ii
where a particular part of each organisation is to perform the contract, those parts, or
iii
where a combination of organisations and parts is to perform the contract, those organisations and parts.