NHS England and NHS Improvement Board have published a roadmap outlining medium and long-term expectations for suppliers around social value and carbon reduction.
This year marks the 10th anniversary since the introduction of the Public Services (Social Value) Act, requiring public bodies to consider how the services they commission and procure might improve the economic, socia...
In August this year, we supported a client with a large central government tender, which featured the social value model as part of the evaluation process. So, what were some of the challenges and how were they overco...
The introduction of the Social Value Model for central government procurement is now starting to filter through into tenders. Here we provide a recap of what the model means for suppliers.
The decommissioning programme for the Sellafield nuclear complex in Cumbria will run for the next 100 years. To maximise opportunities for unlocking social value and meaningful change, four organisations who will help...
The health and social care sector is perennially subject to proposals for reform, revamp, overhaul, and rethink. This boundless appetite for change in the sector is explained by four key factors:
Well, why measure anything? There is an oft-quoted phrase from Peter Drucker’s book “The Practice of Management” which is “what gets measured gets managed”. The quote has a number of variants; “if you cann...
Earlier this year we launched our sister company, The Social Value Practice, and we are pleased to announce that we are now taking bookings for social value training.
The government has announced that organisations seeking to secure public sector work must set out how they will also deliver social value priorities. The new measure was announced on 24 September 2020, and comes into ...
Public bodies have a duty to consider the impact on local communities when procuring goods and services. Broadly speaking, their aim is to allocate finite funds and resources in a way that maximises the benefit to peo...
Our recent article for NE Times focused on how investing in social projects may not only enable you to sleep better at night but could also increase your chances…
Executive Compass attended a procurement exhibition this week (Procurex North) and one topic that was highlighted across the board was social value: specifically, what is being done by commissioners and many local aut...