Award Category
Excellence in Social Value Award
Recognising organisations that use procurement to deliver meaningful social, economic and environmental impact.
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This award recognises organisations that have gone beyond compliance to make social value a genuine driver of procurement decisions and outcomes. It celebrates those who have designed procurement activity to deliver measurable benefits for communities, local economies, the environment, and underrepresented groups – and who can demonstrate that those benefits were real, additional and sustained.
Eligibility: Open to public sector organisations and organisations working in partnership with a public sector body
Qualifying period: January 2025 to March 2026
ENTRY QUESTIONS
1
What was the strategic context or challenge that drove this initiative or achievement?
2
How did you engage stakeholders and build the capability needed to deliver?
3
What measurable outcomes has this work delivered, and how do they demonstrate value for money and public benefit?
4
How have you embedded learning and shared your achievements more widely?
5
How did you define, measure and verify the social value commitments secured through your procurement activity?
6
What specific social value outcomes were delivered for communities, underrepresented groups or the voluntary sector, and how did you ensure they were genuinely additional?
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