Awarded contract

Provision of Equality Advisory Support Service (EASS)

Details

Value
£3,818,636.76
Duration
3 years
Topic
Call centre
Published
27 July 2026

Tender description

The Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) is a frontline service which comprises a helpline and support service for individuals in England, Scotland and Wales who feel they may have suffered discrimination or had their human rights infringed. The EASS provides free information, advice and support to help people solve their problems informally. Designed for early resolution - avoiding cases going to tribunal. It receives c50,000 - 60,000 contacts a year and referrals from over 150 different organisations per quarter. ## Contract award

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published27 July 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date27 July 2026
  3. Next: Contract expiry date30 September 2029in 3 years

About the buyer

The Cabinet Office is a central government ministerial department that supports the Prime Minister, with its own commercial teams handling procurement. Much of its procurement runs through framework agreements, including those set up by the Crown Commercial Service. The department publishes targeted actions to increase its business with small and medium-sized enterprises. Central commercial teams based here combined with the Crown Commercial Service in 2026 to form the Government Commercial Agency.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Cabinet Office's contract awards have been in IT services, business services and software and information systems.

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