1. Enabling Social Value in contracts – outcome based commissioning
Aidan Dunn
Head of Procurement
October 2016

2. Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012
Social Value seeks to maximise the additional benefit that can be created by procuring or commissioning services, above and beyond the benefit of merely the services themselves.

3. Context: The changing role of Local Government
Expectations of Local Government
Funding model
Evolution of role:
provider - commissioner - influencer
The Social Value act is a powerful tool to help us achieve
our objectives.

4. Social Value – the ‘Suffolk context’
Best Value / Social Value, our corporate objectives:-
To raise Educational attainment and skills Levels;
To support the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to increase economic growth;
To maintain roads and develop infrastructure;
To support those most vulnerable in our communities; and
To empower local communities.
Our Key Priorities:-
Economic Growth
Environment Creating the Greenest County; and
Health, Wellbeing and Safety.
Annual spend on goods, services and works approx. £460m

5. Outcomes we need to secure
Economic Growth
Improve local skills
Reduce unemployment
Strengthen local supply chains
Environment
Reduction of carbon emissions
Sustainable transport
Improve environmental awareness
Health, Care and Safety
Reduce health
inequalities
Build community resilience and social integration
Improve Educational attainment

6. Systems thinking model & outcomes based commissioning
Inputs
Finance
Capital
Workforce
Markets
Citizens
Communities
Outcomes
Community and place outcomes
Citizen outcomes and experience
Commissioning is the most efficient, effective and sustainable route
'Commissioning is deciding how to use the total resource available in order to improve citizens’ outcomes in the most efficient, effective and sustainable way'
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7. Can we use the Social Value act to support community groups, voluntary organisations and social enterprises to win Public Sector contracts?

8. Examples of Social Value
Divestment programme
Energy from Waste Plant
Construction Framework contract
Mygo centre
Connecting Communities
Banking contract

9. but, we need to be proportionate
Social value can be achieved from all commissioning but….
Relative to value and complexity;
Deliver tangible and measurable benefit;
Not place onerous requirements on provider or council.

10. Top tips for prospective providers
Respond positively to competitive opportunities;
Get involved with market engagement events;
Understand the requirements laid out in our service specification and deliver against them;
Offer innovative solutions to specified requirements and Social Value needs; and
Have a genuine and demonstrable interest in the environmental, economic and social wellbeing of the county of Suffolk.

11. Conclusion
From a SCC perspective: The Social Value Act is a powerful tool to help us achieve our objectives.
From Social Enterprise perspective: SV act can be an enabler to help Social Enterprises win public sector contracts
We need to work together to achieve the best outcomes for Suffolk.