16:00-16:05. Welcome by Chair Professor Anne Davies, University of Oxford
16:05-16:55. Embedding broader economic, social and environmental well-being goals into government contracts — how should priorities be set and supported in public authorities’ procurements?
16:05-16:10. Introduction to guest co-chair and context setting by Andrea MacLean, Social Value Advisor, The Strategic Investment Board, Northern Ireland (🐤 @contactSIBNI)
Prompt for Presentations and Discussion:
- How do governments evaluate the effectiveness of the social value outcomes delivered in achieving the broader social, economic and environmental priorities?
- How far can contracting authorities go in terms of setting local objectives to be delivered through social value with the need to be compliant with procurement rules and not disadvantage non local bidders?
- Where does responsibility for social value best sit? Is this fundamentally a procurement priority or do we need to build capacity across the public sector and supplier base? How do we achieve this?
- Is it helpful to have outcomes or performance frameworks that are not driven by procurement, but into which procurement plans can fit?
16:10-16:50. Presentation and Discussion led by Andrea MacLean, Social Value Advisor, The Strategic Investment Board, Northern Ireland
Discussion Panel
- Josephine Mitchell, Scottish Government
- Richard Dooner (🐤 @DoonerRichard), Programme Manager, Welsh Local Government Association
- Lisa Beers, Senior Social Value Advisor, The Strategic Investment Board, Northern Ireland
- Nandita Das (🐤 @NSWDPE), Senior Policy Officer, Department of Planning and Environment, New South Wales Government, Australia
Response Panel
- Julian Blake (🐤 @Julian_A_Blake, @StoneKingLLP), Partner, Stone King
- Clare FitzGerald, Lecturer in Management & Organisation, Kings College London
- Ruairi MacDonald, Research Associate, Government Outcomes Lab, University of Oxford
16:35-16:50. Q&A/Open Group Discussion
17:00. Meeting closed by Chair