Bold procurement Commissioning Added Social Value The Challenges for Public Service Reform.

Bold procurement

Commissioning Added Social Value

The Challenges for Public Service Reform


Increased opportunities for social enterprise, charities, public service mutuals…

Open Public Services – personalisation – Adults Social Care

Localism Act – Right to Challenge Health Act – devolving budgets to CCGs

Lag between policy, legislation and culture

Austerity measures beginning to bite… Evidence that attitudes are changing

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Local procurement policies and procedures Designed for another time/another purpose More suited for major outsourcing contracts Local procedures more constraining than European/UK law

Culture Risk aversion Fear of challenge paralyses public sector Willingness to grasp opportunities Social Value Act offers

Capability and capacity Lack of understanding and empathy for SE/Charities/PSMs Ability to flex standard approaches (e.g. pension liabilities) Procurement resource under pressure


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