A cautionary tale about the dangers of quantification of social value at the expense of value, especially in the competitive tendering context. PossAbilities CIC is a £15m-turnover social enterprise which supports people with learning disabilities. It invests its surpluses – real money – into social value, with examples given in this video (description continues below). Malcolm McClean is PossAbilities’ Business Development Manager. He says the way in which social value frameworks (eg the Social Value Portal) are used encourages some suppliers to “game” the system to win public service tenders. He describes the potential pitfalls. “I don’t blame the portal…but it needs intelligent application….in a way it encourages the procurement departments to encourage gaming the system.” And he talks about two vital things which public agencies should consider when they are letting a contract for public services. Malcolm’s observations were part of a recent E3M From Procurement to Partnership Toolkit webinar. What next? Toolkit menu Back to the main menu of the Toolkit. Case studies of purpose-aligned partnerships Examples of successful public service community partnerships delivering a variety of public services. See them here. From Procurement to Partnership News For Commissioners | Social Entrepreneurs | Social Investors: Get updates whenever we publish new resources, case studies, tools and model documents. Just pop your email address in the box then look out for an email from questions@e3m.org.uk – you’ll need to click the confirmation link: Email Address Website
A cautionary tale about the dangers of quantification of social value at the expense of value, especially in the competitive tendering context. PossAbilities CIC is a £15m-turnover social enterprise which supports people with learning disabilities. It invests its surpluses – real money – into social value, with examples given in this video (description continues below). Malcolm McClean is PossAbilities’ Business Development Manager. He says the way in which social value frameworks (eg the Social Value Portal) are used encourages some suppliers to “game” the system to win public service tenders. He describes the potential pitfalls. “I don’t blame the portal…but it needs intelligent application….in a way it encourages the procurement departments to encourage gaming the system.” And he talks about two vital things which public agencies should consider when they are letting a contract for public services. Malcolm’s observations were part of a recent E3M From Procurement to Partnership Toolkit webinar. What next? Toolkit menu Back to the main menu of the Toolkit. Case studies of purpose-aligned partnerships Examples of successful public service community partnerships delivering a variety of public services. See them here. From Procurement to Partnership News For Commissioners | Social Entrepreneurs | Social Investors: Get updates whenever we publish new resources, case studies, tools and model documents. Just pop your email address in the box then look out for an email from questions@e3m.org.uk – you’ll need to click the confirmation link: Email Address Website