C4C Programme Focus Survey

A survey to engage the Contract for Change community of interested parties to inform the future direction and focus of the programme, and to check that this is directing towards addressing the challenges our community are facing in social value management within contracting, procurement and commissioning.

This short survey is aimed at testing the initial relaunch ideas with the community of people who have expressed an interest in the programme so that the focus of the programme is directed towards the areas of most interest and addresses the areas of need for those involved. Based on a Social Value Principles approach to programme design, we aim to engage stakeholders throughout the design, delivery and review of the programme to allow our stakeholders to inform the activities that are undertaken, and to best address the issues or areas of need that people are facing in relation to managing social value within contracting, procurement and commissioning. The responses will be used in a workshop of the Steering Committee in late June / early July to inform the programme structure and focus, particularly the key components and workstreams. The results can be shared back with respondents if they are interested. Please indicate this in the form.

Name

First NameLast Name

Email*

example@example.com

Name of organisation

Job or role title

Location of Operations*

What sector does the organisation belong to? (you may select multiple options)*

PrivatePublicCivil SocietyOther

Would you classify your organisation as a Social Enterprise? *

Would you classify your work as on the ‘buyer’ or ‘supplier’ side? (you may select multiple options)*

BuyerSupplierOther

Do you want to receive the survey results?*

What are your current key challenges with social value? Please state how important each option is on a scale of 1 to 5 for your work (where 1 is not at all important, and 5 is very important)

Peer Networking and Learning*

	1	2	3	4	5
Finding best practice examples/methods to help with developing practice in embedding social value into contracts, or tenders from the buyer side
Finding best practice examples/methods to help with developing practice to respond to social value in contracts, or tenders from the buyer side
Not having a network to be able to develop practice together
Lack of access to relevant training to develop practice and understanding of social value
Knowing the best place to go to develop knowledge and capacity - through training, guidance and / or support

Strategy and Best Practice Development*

	1	2	3	4	5
Development of an organisational approach to social value
Knowing where to start with embedding social value into your organisation
Finding the steps to link social value practice from your organisation's strategy through to embedding into procurement, commissioning and / or contracting
Finding the steps to link social value practice from your organisations's strategy through to your responses to social value requirements in tendering, procurement and / or contracting
Aligning best practice with buyers and suppliers

Assurance, Verification and Confidence Building*

	1	2	3	4	5
Having confidence in the validity of the social value data you use internally
Having confidence in the validity of the social value data you use report externally (either publicly or through contract requirements)
Having confidence in the validity of the social value that is reported to you
Gaining greater confidence in the social value claims and practice that is promoted between organisations, and allowing comparability
Lack of visibility of shared standards of practice in social value
A need for independent assurance or validation of social value data

Advocacy and Policy Change*

	1	2	3	4	5
Lack of ability to influence changing government legislation or policy on social value
Need for stronger collective voice on what is good practice in social value
A need for greater convergence around social value policy and standards from public sector bodies throughout the UK
Better support from government on building best practice
Support from local government on social value practice for local contracts
Support from Central Government on social value practice for engaging in contracts with Central Government contracting authorities

Please add any other comments on the current key challenges you are facing with embedding social value into your organisational practice, procurement, commissioning and contracting:

Contract for Change the following solutions to address the challenges faced. Please indicate how useful you think each solution will be: Please rate how important each of these solutions is to you on a scale of 1-5 where 1 is not important at all, and 5 is very important. *

	1	2	3	4	5
Convening and Peer Learning: Conferences, workshops and working groups - to identify the enablers and constraints to embedding social value principles in procurement and make proposals to tackling these
Convening in a shared space to share practice with others in your industry / sector / field
Support the development of best practice in embedding social value into organisational strategy through training, guidance and integration with current organisational leadership and management best practice
Capacity building and practice development: implementing proposals from community to develop training and accreditation to build social value capacity and skill
Provision of online resources, guidance for suppliers and buyers or tool development
Building confidence in standards of practice, data, and social value reporting through developing assurance, and verification of bids being submitted for winning contracts
Developing increased confidence in standards of practice of the procurement function and contract management through developing accreditation pathways for procurement and contract management professionals
Advocacy and Policy Change: Collaborate with organisations to develop a collective voice to engage with government to promote and embed social value principles in procurement practice for public services and public sector spend

What other areas would you expect to see action on to address the challenges in contracting we are facing? Please let us know of any other solutions you would suggest that the Contract for Change Thought Leadership group work on together.

Thank you for your time and input into the development of the Contract for Change programme. Your knowledge and experience is greatly appreciated in shaping the programme.

Please do reach out and get in touch if you have any comments, questions, or input on this survey or the programme as a whole: catherine.manning@socialvalueuk.org

Contract for Change Programme Focus Survey