Positive signs
Awareness is still a critical and important first step: if people do not know about it, how can they make use of it? Recent signs are encouraging – An SEUK survey found that 81% of commissioners had taken steps to identify social value criteria, and more than 75% said their organisation had issued tenders that include social value criteria. The sample may have been a little self-selecting, but the signs are positive – and key organisations like Cabinet Office2, LGA and CIPFA are aiding the cause.
Awareness in other sectors has grown substantially in the past year as well – through established networks like Business in the Community and the City of London, and the example set by Landmarc, Wates and others. A fast-growing group of organisations in the private sector are taking note of the Act: most notably in the facilities management, environment and construction industries – those for whom public sector contracts are a very significant proportion of income. These organisations are often prime contractors, operating at significant scale for whom social enterprises will often be tier 1 or tier 2 suppliers / sub-contractors); as such they have a responsibility to build social value into their business process.
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