The NHS is enhancing its social value requirements – are you ready?

Posted on December 12, 2023 (April 26, 2024) by Danielle Bazuaye

If you are an NHS contractor or part of a supply network, social value is increasingly something to take seriously. The NHS’s focus for 2024 is social value, in all contract work, enhanced by the new Procurement Act. Social value is not straightforward: it requires effort, dedication, careful planning, efficient action, and capable reporting.

NHS to prioritise social value

Posted on March 7, 2023 (September 16, 2024) by Danielle Bazuaye

NHS England has extended the reach of mandatory social value requirements (PPN 06/20) to the commissioning and purchase of goods and services by all NHS organisations as well as those acting on behalf of these. This shift has important implications for all organisations bidding for NHS tenders. A minimum 10% weighting around social value now