When Sustainability Becomes Policy Infrastructure
Sustainability and supply-chain frameworks are increasingly acting as policy infrastructure rather than technical tools. As public ambition accelerates, the real risk is not delivery failure but legitimacy drift. This article explores why a public affairs lens is now essential to ensure coherence, credibility, and confidence across complex public-sector frameworks.
Making Social Value Fit
As social value becomes more firmly embedded in procurement practice, the focus is increasingly shifting from policy design to practical fit — how social value expectations translate into commitments that work on the ground, across diverse markets and delivery models.
One Smart Way to Strengthen Bid Impact
A practical, evaluator-friendly way to present KPIs, social value and compliance in public sector tenders.
Social Value Intentions & Procurement Realities
“The most effective social value outcomes emerge when alignment is treated as a core design principle.”
Understanding how a market is structured — its cost base, labour intensity, geographic footprint, and capacity for innovation — allows social value requirements to be shaped in ways that suppliers can genuinely deliver.
Early Market Engagement to Social Value Outcomes
As the updated Social Value Model comes into effect, one of the most positive developments is the strengthened emphasis on early market engagement.
Commercial Due Diligence Needs Impact Forecasting
Commercial due diligence has always evolved in response to the wider economic environment, and as regulation and investor behaviour continue to converge around impact as a driver of performance, CDD practitioners are increasingly recognising that understanding a company’s impact is not a moral exercise — it is a commercial one.
The Enablers for Stronger Social Value
The UK has taken decisive steps forward in strengthening how social value shapes public procurement, and the updated Model reinforces that social value is a core requirement with clear expectations.
Clinically-Led Innovation: Partners the NHS Needs
Clinically-Led Innovation: The Kind of Partner the NHS Needs More Than Ever
A New Chapter for Social Value
Over the past few years, social value has evolved from a “nice to have” to an essential component of how the UK delivers public good through procurement.
Winning Public Contracts
There has never been a better time for SMEs in Spelthorne to start winning public sector contracts. If you’re a Spelthorne-based SME looking to grow, diversify, or enter the public sector supply chain, now is the moment to take action.
Spelthorne’s Corporate Plan for Suppliers & Businesses
Spelthorne Borough Council’s Corporate Plan 2024–2028 sets out an ambitious vision for social improvement across the borough. How can current and aspiring suppliers best align with — and actively support — this vision?
How to Quantify Your Social Impact with AI
Organisations are under growing pressure to prove the social impact they deliver — not just describe it. Whether you’re bidding for public contracts, engaging investors, or reporting to boards and communities, the question is the same:
How the New SME Action Plan Helps Win More Contracts
The UK Government has reaffirmed its commitment to helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) succeed in public sector procurement with the publication of the new SME Action Plan on 20 October 2025.
How to Get Ready for the Era of AI Social Value
Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant concept in social value. It is already reshaping how public bodies design procurements, how suppliers evidence impact, and how contract managers monitor delivery.
PPN 05/21: Human Rights in Public Procurement — What It Means for UK Suppliers
Why human rights due diligence is no longer optional and how suppliers can prepare
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Social Value Measurement in the UK
Why AI is reshaping how organisations evidence impact – and what this means for suppliers and contracting authorities.
A Simple Guide to Carbon Reduction Plans (PPN 06/21) for SMEs
Many SMEs believe Carbon Reduction Plans (CRPs) are only for large organisations.
Why Strong ESG Performance Is a Competitive Advantage
Today, ESG is a commercial necessity—and a differentiator—especially in public procurement.
The Most Common Mistakes Suppliers Make in Social Value Responses
Social value is now routinely worth 10–20% of tender evaluation in the UK—and suppliers often lose significant marks unnecessarily.
Understanding PPN 002: What Every UK Supplier Needs to Know
PPN 002 represents one of the most important shifts in UK public procurement.