Social value and sustainable procurement

Using procurement and contracts to deliver social value, environmental sustainability, and fair supply chains, and measuring what suppliers deliver.

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Levels

1. Awareness: You can:

explain what social value and sustainable procurement mean for the organisation
2. Working: You can:

include standard social value and sustainability questions in tenders
collect social value reports from suppliers
3. Practitioner: You can:

set social value and sustainability criteria that fit the contract
manage supplier commitments, such as local jobs, skills, and carbon reduction
check supply chains for risks such as forced labour and other human rights abuses
4. Expert: You can:

set the organisation's social value and sustainable procurement policy
report social value and carbon outcomes to the board

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Role level	Role	Band	Expected level
Senior category manager	Category manager	8b	Practitioner
Head of category	Category manager	8c	Practitioner
Head of procurement	Head of procurement	8c	Practitioner
Director of procurement and commercial	Head of procurement	9	Expert
Procurement officer	Procurement officer	5	Working
Senior procurement officer	Procurement officer	6	Practitioner