If past experience of delivering social value is to be considered within a procurement, would this not have to be part of the selection criteria, and would that not risk excluding some SME’s and newer VCS organisations that haven’t had a chance to build that experience? Date: 08.11.21 In public services, Social Value, or Public Value, is the inherent purpose of the procurement, according to an optimum quality/price assessment.Meeting Social Value Imperative criteria might, accordingly, be a pre-qualification matter.That would include a capability assessment, for purpose-driven delivery, to which past operational experience would be material.Equal treatment for a newer organisation would allow a capability assessment more focussed on the credibility and assurance of the purpose-driven strategic planning.Equal treatment for a smaller organisation would allow a capability assessment accounting for the scale at which it operates, on a purpose-driven basis.At the specification stage, purpose-driven experience and/or capability (with similar equal treatment) would be material to the substantive assessment.As a corrective to exaggerated Social Value promises, past performance may be material evidence of their credibility.For newer organisations the credibility assessment will necessarily need to be on the strategic planning. Excellent strategic planning may appropriately outscore mediocre planning, evidenced by mediocre past performance.
If past experience of delivering social value is to be considered within a procurement, would this not have to be part of the selection criteria, and would that not risk excluding some SME’s and newer VCS organisations that haven’t had a chance to build that experience? Date: 08.11.21 In public services, Social Value, or Public Value, is the inherent purpose of the procurement, according to an optimum quality/price assessment.Meeting Social Value Imperative criteria might, accordingly, be a pre-qualification matter.That would include a capability assessment, for purpose-driven delivery, to which past operational experience would be material.Equal treatment for a newer organisation would allow a capability assessment more focussed on the credibility and assurance of the purpose-driven strategic planning.Equal treatment for a smaller organisation would allow a capability assessment accounting for the scale at which it operates, on a purpose-driven basis.At the specification stage, purpose-driven experience and/or capability (with similar equal treatment) would be material to the substantive assessment.As a corrective to exaggerated Social Value promises, past performance may be material evidence of their credibility.For newer organisations the credibility assessment will necessarily need to be on the strategic planning. Excellent strategic planning may appropriately outscore mediocre planning, evidenced by mediocre past performance.