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ARTICLE · 25 JUNE 2025

Public Procurement – A Simpler Approach To Social Value?

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This article is important to all contracting authorities whose procurement activity is regulated by the public procurement rules.

United KingdomGovernment, Public Sector
Steven Brunning
Steven Brunning

This article is important to all contracting authorities whose procurement activity is regulated by the public procurement rules. It will be of particular interest to anyone involved in the social value aspects of procurement. It draws attention to a recent Cabinet Office press release indicating that further public procurement reforms in respect of social value are in the pipeline.

On 16 June, it was announced that Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden 'has ordered the overhaul of public procurement rules to maximise the benefit to working people'. The Cabinet Office press release heralds a 'new simpler approach to social value' to be developed that can provide a simpler set of criteria for public bodies to use, with clearer rules on monitoring how suppliers are delivering on contract requirements, such as new jobs and training opportunities created.

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