The 2023 Procurement Act: unlocking the art of the possible Event Date: 27.03.2025 |Time: 14.00-15.00 |Categories: Events, Featured |Tags: procurement, social enterprise, Social investment, social value, Webinar Public purpose: distinguishing market purchasingfrom system stewardship Speakers: Sandra Hamilton, Consultant, Transforming Public Services, Stone King Julian Blake, Partner, Social Enterprise and Public Services Team, Stone King Jonathan Bland, Managing Director, E3M and Social Business International Challenging the dominance and over-reliance on competitive tenders to procure complex human services, Sandra Hamilton, from the Manchester University Institute of Innovation Research, and Julian Blake, public benefit lawyer, advise taking a strategic place-shaping approach to market purchasing while recommending a more collaborative system stewardship approach to public authorities seeking to transform the design and delivery of social services. In this interview with Jonathan Bland of E3M and Social Business International, Sandra and Julian will address procurement myths, highlighting the many flexibilities permitted under UK law. By showcasing examples of collaborative commissioning pathways, this webinar will introduce commissioners to new ways of attracting long-term social investment by working in partnership with mature social enterprises, community charities, and local stakeholders. Transforming Public Services Sandra has joined Stone King and will be working alongside Julian to lead transformational projects demonstrating the art of the possible in public procurement. Sandra combines her significant academic pedigree with 30 years’ experience advancing socially innovative, public value work in Canada. As progressive thought leaders, both have been strong advocates of the need to seek and embed third sector expert knowledge, at the heart of social value system intelligence. Julian’s 2016 co-authored publication, ‘The Art of the Possible in Public Procurement’, has been described as “definitive”, and Sandra’s paper ‘Public Procurement: Price-Taker or Market-Shaper’, won the 2023 Emerald Literati Award for most outstanding paper published in Critical Perspectives on International Business. Both Sandra and Julian contributed chapters to the book ‘Vitalising Purpose’ – The Power of the Social Enterprise Difference in Public Services’. Please click here to register your place.
The 2023 Procurement Act: unlocking the art of the possible Event Date: 27.03.2025 |Time: 14.00-15.00 |Categories: Events, Featured |Tags: procurement, social enterprise, Social investment, social value, Webinar Public purpose: distinguishing market purchasingfrom system stewardship Speakers: Sandra Hamilton, Consultant, Transforming Public Services, Stone King Julian Blake, Partner, Social Enterprise and Public Services Team, Stone King Jonathan Bland, Managing Director, E3M and Social Business International Challenging the dominance and over-reliance on competitive tenders to procure complex human services, Sandra Hamilton, from the Manchester University Institute of Innovation Research, and Julian Blake, public benefit lawyer, advise taking a strategic place-shaping approach to market purchasing while recommending a more collaborative system stewardship approach to public authorities seeking to transform the design and delivery of social services. In this interview with Jonathan Bland of E3M and Social Business International, Sandra and Julian will address procurement myths, highlighting the many flexibilities permitted under UK law. By showcasing examples of collaborative commissioning pathways, this webinar will introduce commissioners to new ways of attracting long-term social investment by working in partnership with mature social enterprises, community charities, and local stakeholders. Transforming Public Services Sandra has joined Stone King and will be working alongside Julian to lead transformational projects demonstrating the art of the possible in public procurement. Sandra combines her significant academic pedigree with 30 years’ experience advancing socially innovative, public value work in Canada. As progressive thought leaders, both have been strong advocates of the need to seek and embed third sector expert knowledge, at the heart of social value system intelligence. Julian’s 2016 co-authored publication, ‘The Art of the Possible in Public Procurement’, has been described as “definitive”, and Sandra’s paper ‘Public Procurement: Price-Taker or Market-Shaper’, won the 2023 Emerald Literati Award for most outstanding paper published in Critical Perspectives on International Business. Both Sandra and Julian contributed chapters to the book ‘Vitalising Purpose’ – The Power of the Social Enterprise Difference in Public Services’. Please click here to register your place.