Cumbria County Council and Social Value

1. Procurement Strategy :
Drivers, Context
&
Social Value
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2. Corporate Procurement Strategy
• Introduction to the new draft Strategy
• Drivers for change – national, local and
financial
• Principles
• Consultation
• Social Value
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3. Procurement Land
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4. Serving the people of Cumbria

5. Where do we want to be?
• Procurement as a tool to deliver policy
and efficiency savings
• Clear, consistent and simple processes
• Work with Third Sector to add value
• Visible, open, transparent
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6. Principles
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Buy responsibly
Robust, simple and compliant procedures
Staff development
Contract and supplier management
Partnership working
Local supply base
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7. Aims
• Driving local growth
• Driving greater efficiency
• Improving service delivery
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8. Consultation
• New strategy in place by June 2014
• We want to hear your views
• Comments to: Corrina.mcclearyhill@cumbria.gov.uk
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9. SOCIAL VALUES:
…so, what has the County
Council being doing to date?
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10. • In 2006 the Council took part in a national Cabinet
Office pilot
• Strong history of social clauses
• Member led Review of procurement
• Engaged the Cumbrian Nuclear sector regarding
application of socio, economic and environmental
clauses
• Following the Public Services (Social Value) Act
2012
- national desktop research
- producing a Social Value toolkit
- arranged local training events
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11. …so, why are we doing this?
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12. • We are re-enforcing the need under Section
1(3) of the Act, where there is a duty to
‘consider’ (and therefore the Council must be
able to demonstrate that such consideration
has been given).
• Under Section 3(2) of the LGA 1988, there is
a duty to ‘consult’ under Best Value.(Further
related provisions are also highlighted under
Section 17: the use of ‘non commercial
matters’)
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13. • The aforementioned also has links to the
Localism Act 2011: …….the ‘Community
right to challenge’.
• We must consider any expression of interest
by a relevant body to run a service i.e.
whether it would promote/improve the social,
economic , environmental well-being of the
area. ….there is a requirement for us to
consider ‘promotion of well-being’.
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14. …so, how are we implementing Social
Value, how are we moving forward in
the Council and what are we achieving?
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15. • consider the application of social
clauses, where ‘relevant… and
proportionate’ to the contract. It must
be linked to the subject matter. It
must relate to a core requirement of
the contract.
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16. • Based on the Council’s top 100 suppliers by
spend in 2012/13, 83% of spend was through
Cumbrian Suppliers
• A requirement of our Professional Services
framework is for consultants to provide us with
Socio-Economic Plans.
• Social objectives delivered in 2012/13 include job
creation, recruitment of a local apprentices and
graduates & support local schools with 4 work
experience students
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17. • The Councils Highways Works
Frameworks which were awarded in 2012,
now monitor and capture data on carbon
footprint, waste sent to landfill and
reused/recycled waste on site as part of the
KPI’s
• All CCC buildings now use green energy
through our utilities contracts
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18. Examples of Social Clauses we use….
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19. Re-commissioning of our transport contracts –
Social Value requirements considered…
• Use of social clauses and Qualitative scoring
methods/robust contract management around vehicle
base/route starts mileage. All vehicles are compliant
with EURO iii Emissions limits or above. The contract
will also require appropriate driver standards with
qualifications of NVQ 2, BTEC or equivalent required.
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20. Traffic Signals OJEU – Example Clauses used
• Please provide details of your company processes for
proactively encouraging and employing labour and
contractors, as well as for engaging with the supply
chain, providing tangible examples of when you have
done so.
• Under this procurement the contractor is required to
actively participate in the economic and social
regeneration of the locality of and surrounding the
place of delivery for the procurement. Accordingly
contract performance conditions may relate in
particular to social and environmental considerations.
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21. Carlisle Office OJEU – Example Clause used
• Under this contract, the contractor and its supply
chain will be required to actively participate in the
achievement of social and/or environmental policy
objectives relating to employment, training/skills and
supply chain initiatives. Accordingly contract
performance conditions will relate in particular to
social and environmental considerations.
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22. Northside Bridge – Example Clause used
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The Construction of the Northside Bridge has a significant
profile at both a local and national level. The tender shall outline
how they propose to manage the expectations of all
stakeholders including how they propose to undertake
stakeholder liaison and consultation. The tenderer shall identify
specific actions and undertakings to ensure community benefits
are delivered as part of the project. The tenderer shall also
provide details of where they have used these proposals on
previous schemes and the lessons learned and how these
proposals will benefit this project
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How has your organisation contributed to the development of
people in the construction industry and how have you engaged
with training organisations
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23. Highways Frameworks – Example clauses used
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The Contract will require the supplier to provide evidence that
they have in place and actively manage formal training plans
that promote access to apprenticeships work based learning
and other training opportunities as appropriate and require the
contractor to provide annual reports on the progress of its
training plan. The Tenderer shall provide details of how it
proposes to meet these requirements.
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Please outline all community benefits your organisation can
offer the Council when providing this contract
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24. Adult Social Care Frameworks:
Statistics
Across all three frameworks, 45.5% of
providers listed are from Third Sector
organisations
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25. Thank you for listening……….
…… and a final thought
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26. Financial Challenge
• £80m already saved
• Another £80m to find
• Circa £2m per year from procurement
whilst delivering Socially Responsible
Public Procurement
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