Oldham Tenders and Evaluation Questions.docx

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Appendix 2

Social Value Procurement Framework Tenders and Evaluation Questions

1. Tender documentation

Our tender documentation has already been amended to explain our approach and

commitment to social value.

The following is an extract from our template tender document:

Social Value

As a Co-operative Council we are committed to acting in a socially

responsible way and to influencing others with whom we work to do the same.In accordance with the Social Value Act 2012 we must consider social value

in our decisions about how we spend this value and in addition who want to

ensure that who we work with has the potential to make a major contribution

to delivering a co-operative Borough.

It is increasingly important to secure the maximum possible value from every

pound of public money that we spend. This means taking into account the

cost of each contract, but it also encompasses a broader evaluation of the

value of each contract including the wider social, economic and

environmental outcomes each contract can deliver.

Our social value procurement framework seeks to achieve this by ensuring

that social, economic and environmental outcomes are systematically

incorporated into procurement practices so that we can achieve greater

impact from each and every contract. The Framework is divided into four

themes:

1. Jobs, growth & productivity

2. Resilient communities and a strong voluntary sector

3. Prevention and demand management

4. A clean and protected physical environment

In addition to these specific outcomes, we are also committed to a set of

principles which guide every commissioning and procurement exercise that

we carry out. These aim to enhance the added value that we can secure

through every contract.

We are committed to and we expect our suppliers to be committed to:


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supporting the local economy, including through any sub-contracting;

reducing demand for public services and including appropriate incentives

in contracts, such as contract extension opportunities for suppliers who

effectively reduce demand;

supporting the community and voluntary sector through our suppliers andcontracts;

robust enforcement in cases where suppliers fail to deliver agreed

outcomes

working positively with suppliers to deliver the maximum possible social

value together (e.g. we might offer a supplier discounted use of our

buildings in order to enable district-based delivery of services across the

borough);

paying our suppliers promptly;

endorsing / promoting suppliers who engage successfully and positively

with our social value approach to procurement; upholding and maintaining our ISO14001 environmental management

system accreditation;

2. Tender questions

We already incorporate social value questions in many of our tenders. More recently,

we have begun to incorporate the approach set out in the new social value

procurement framework.

The following are a range of example questions which have already been included in

tenders to evaluate social value. As we launch the full implementation of the new

framework, social value questions will be incorporated into every procurement

exercise (exceptions being made in exceptional cases). These questions will ask

suppliers how they will deliver against the relevant outcome(s) which will be selected

from the social value procurement framework for each procurement exercise.

Examples of questions used to date:

Example 1: Bulky Household Waste

Describe your proposals to assist in the Councils vision for employing local people

within the contract. In particular you should describe your proposals for:

Generating sustainable employment and training opportunities for

unemployed people for residents in the Borough of Oldham (providing an

indication of how long local residents sustained their jobs);

Providing apprenticeships and / or training opportunities for residents in the

Borough of Oldham;

Promoting supply-chain opportunities to SMEs in the Borough of Oldham;

The development of skills in your existing workforce.


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Minimising the environmental impact of capital projects by using innovative

employment practices.

Percentage of your supply chain, on specific projects, that have originated in

the area of the project work.

What Environmental Initiatives do you propose to undertake over the length of the

contract that will minimise the environmental impact of the operation?

Example 2: Ending Gang and Youth Violence

How will the project create a legacy which could be sustained and built upon?

For example:

how might the project develop networks and skills in the community which couldpotentially continue beyond the end of the Ending Gang and Youth Violence

programme;

What lasting benefits might there be for young people and community members who

participate in the project.

Example 3: Leisure Design and Build

Oldham Council proposes to set ambitious targets for local spend within a 10 and 20

mile radius. What would your approach to local economic benefit be n terms of local

supply chain and apprentices/training opportunities?

Example 4: Special Educational Needs Transport

Due to the nature of the work involved with delivering this Special Educational Needs

Service for children within the Oldham Borough, it would be preferred if local

suppliers were awarded the contracts/routes being tendered.

Are you a local supplier?

Through being awarded contracts, is it likely that you are able to offer more

employment opportunities to local residents?

With reference to Section 2 of the Information and Instructions To Bidders

document, please demonstrate how you can deliver against any other social

value outcomes identified.

Example 5: Various schools works tenders


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What would your approach be to local economic benefit, in terms of local supply

chain and apprentice / training opportunities?

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