Overview
This PPN applies to procurements covered by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), and applies to all central government departments, their executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies (collectively referred to as 'in-scope organisations').
This PPN launches a model to deliver social value through government’s commercial activities, noting that in-scope organisations should evaluate social value in all central government procurement where the requirements are related and proportionate to the subject-matter of the contract. This aligns with their obligations under Section 1 of the Public Service (Social Value) Act 2012.
The social value model (the ‘model’) establishes common commercial objectives for social value; which focus on a set of strategic themes and related policy outcomes that reflect agreed cross-government priorities. From this menu, commercial teams should select objectives that are relevant and proportionate to their procurement.
Application of the model will be mandatory in central government but commercial teams, within in-scope organisations, retain flexibility in deciding which of the outcomes should be applied to their particular procurement to ensure relevance and proportionality.
Detailed guidance on how to use the model, including a menu of social value options, is available in the PPN and accompanying guide to which in-scope organisations should refer.