Date 24 Nov 2020 - 24 Nov 2020
Time 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Context: In September 2020, the UK government issued Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 06/20 launching “a new model to deliver social value through government's commercial activities”. From January 1 2021, social value should be “explicitly evaluated in all central government procurement, where the requirements are related and proportionate to the subject-matter of the contract, rather than just ‘considered’ as currently required under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012” (UK Government, 2020).
Background Resources:
Prompt for Panel: What are the strengths and weakness of the “new model” and requirement to explicitly evaluate social value in PPN 06/12? How might commitments be managed through contract performance?
Panel:
16:05-16:10 Ben Carpenter, Social Value UK
16:10-16:15 Julian Blake, Partner, Stone King
16:15-16:20 Abby Semple, Procurement Analysis
16:20-16:25 Tessa Cullen, Blavatnik School of Government student (re New Zealand)
16:25-16:40 Open discussion / question and answer
Ruairi Macdonald (GO Lab) will facilitate a short discussion to help establish working groups to launch in the New Year. Suggestions include: