Early Education and Childcare Flexible Framework

2. VI.3) Additional Information

Cumbria County Council is fully supportive of all aspects of diversity including ethnicity, race, religion, age, disability and sexual orientation. In this respect Cumbria County Council welcomes expressions of interest from ethnic minority, disabled and other diverse business communities and the voluntary sector. Economic operators are therefore required to fully comply with all statutory obligations/applicable legislation and there will be a requirement to participate in the authority's supplier audits on all aspects of diversity. The contracting authority expressly reserves the right: I. Not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and II. To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates. It is an open and flexible framework which can be accessed throughout the duration of the framework. The list of placements awarded onto this contract can be found at the following link: https://cumbria.gov.uk/scprocurement/tenderingandcontracts/tenderingandcontracts.asp