The council and social value
What is social value?
Social value is the view beyond price that looks at the additional value organisations can bring to our communities. We want to work our suppliers to produce wider benefits for Hartlepool.
Social value can come in many forms. For example, an organisation could:
- create employment opportunities for care leavers
- support local employment
- introduce apprenticeships
- give careers advice and employment support for the long term unemployed
- create work experience opportunities
- upskill the workforce
- give career advice to school leavers via visits to schools
- donate time or money to local community schemes
- organise workshops for new business start ups
- reduce the use of plastic
Under the new Procurement Act 2023 and outlined in the National Procurement Policy Statement there is a greater emphasis on "having regard to the importance of maximising public benefit. Applying social and economic value requirements in procurement can have a significantly positive impact by broadening the public benefits that are delivered through the life of the contract.”
We will be updating this section of the website with new concepts and approaches related to social value as they become available.