Social Value in practice- how 'local' is changing procurement

Following the implementation of the Social Value Act (2012) and recent developments in procurement processes, developing social value in your business is quickly becoming key to successful tendering for public sector contracts.

This online update session will provide you with current thinking on social value in procurement and the opportunity to discuss the impact that COVID-19 may have on future social value development. The session will provide approaches to understanding social value in times of uncertainty;
- How to understand the changing social value agenda
- What this means, and practical steps to help you gain an edge when tendering
- Trends from outside the North East
- What impact will COVID-19 have on social value in procurement?

The webinar will be hosted by Sinead Moloney of NEPO and will be led by Garry Stone, Director of B2B North. Garry has helped businesses of all types and sizes secure their share of millions of pounds of contracts and tenders across the region, and understands the challenges and issues from real-life, practical perspective. Marie Binnert is Senior Social Value Advisor at the Social Value Portal and has experience of social value projects across the UK.

This is an interactive session and you will be able to ask questions both prior to the event and during it.

Who should attend?
This event will benefit suppliers of all sizes currently thinking about social value and how to incorporate it into their business in the context of COVID-19.